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V. S. Pritchett

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BOLKIAH HASSANAL I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f...
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ANTON BALASINGHAM This was a tragic, tragic situation, but as far as we are concerned, the matter is closed.
SEAN MCCORMACK No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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EDITH PIAF But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I h...
TAYE DIGGS But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.
STEPHANIE BEACHAM As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dea...
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RUSH LIMBAUGH The most powerful weapon in the world, as far as I'm concerned, is the camera.
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What happened to me? That's no myth.
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EUGENE V. DEBS Behind every successful man, there is a woman; and behind her there is envy...
ANKALA V SUBBARAO CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the ...
MARK V. HURD We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same...
RICHARD V. ALLEN The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent tim...
RICHARD V. ALLEN My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot,...
PETER V. BRETT I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
EUGENE V. DEBS I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth throug...
KING GEORGE V Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and ...
V. E. SCHWAB A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of wa...
HERBERT V. PROCHNOW Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of gov...
RICHARD V. ALLEN Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command ...
RICHARD V. ALLEN There have been discussions of doing 'The Demon Cycle' on both large and small screen scale,...
PETER V. BRETT Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton...
RICHARD V. ALLEN Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for ...
EUGENE V. DEBS Valek coalesced from the shadows and wrapped me in his long lean arms. I soaked in his musky smell, ...
MARIA V. SNYDER Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repeti...
HARVEY V. FINEBERG The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molec...
C. V. RAMAN