"The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it."

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"The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it."

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"But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen."

John Trumbull, American Artist

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"Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies."

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"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."

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"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."

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"It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel right away, and carbohydrate is the best source."

Andrew Weil, American Scientist

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"I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction."

Lydia Lunch, American Musician

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"You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat."

Ann Landers, American Journalist

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"There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do."

Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

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"Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works."

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"If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble."

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"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."

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"I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers."

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"Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people."

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"I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible."

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"All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe."

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"Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife."

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