Category: writer
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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
Leo Tolstoy
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Nerds… the ‘nerd’ has never been precisely defined, thanks to the psychological complexity of the creature. The word has connotations of some level of intelligence. The typical nerd is a male with intelligence but no sense of giving it a manly face.
Tom Wolfe
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You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
Woody Allen
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
Zadie Smith
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To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.
Albert Camus
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Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
Samuel Johnson
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Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.
Simon Sinek
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I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: ‘Checkout Time is 18 years.’
Erma Bombeck
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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
J. K. Rowling
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I believe that hunger for a ‘lost dimension’ of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn’t go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the ‘Harry Potter’ books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth.
Marianne Williamson