Category: writer
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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
Jane Austen
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Lord, help my poor soul.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop
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The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Marcel Proust
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All writers are going to have to learn more about science, because it’s such an interesting part of their environment.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
Khalil Gibran
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller
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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
Samuel Beckett
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Once you’re more aware of people’s needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you’re responsible for your own well-being, too.
Deepak Chopra
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In my first book, ‘A Return to Love’, I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change – how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war.
Marianne Williamson