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Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.


John Hersey

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and...
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BHARATI MUKHERJEE I love to read history; at its best, it is an art.
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UNKNOWN Leaders are readers, so lead oneself to read!
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JOHN BURDETT I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
JOHN LYDON You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one...
JOHN WOODEN I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.
JOHN ENSIGN The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in...
JOHN GRIERSON We direct the destinies of a mighty continent. Our resources are unlimited: our means unbounded. If ...
JOHN TYLER Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.
JOHN STERLING