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"Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another."
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"Writing the same kind of material is no guarantee you'll be working from the same ethos so that writers from different fields are just as likely to have an understanding of each other's work as someone working in the same genre."
Creativity
"Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire."
Literature
"Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another."
Intelligence
"It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me."
Growth
"Only a man with nothing to hide could make that kind of racket."
Integrity
"People are so different in wartime. No one gets to be ordinary. Not really."
War
"For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists."
Writing
"I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job."
Research
"I was asked the other day in which era I would choose to live. As a historical novelist, it comes up sometimes. As a woman I'd have to say I'd like to live in the future - I want to see where these centuries of change are leading us."
Future
"I have a very strong sense that we only know where we are by looking clearly at where we've come from."
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"Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another."
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"Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation" the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true."
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"Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent."
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"Smartness without wisdom is stupidity."
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"Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life."
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"A researcher that has a brain that functions differently from their peers is at an advantage, as they can see things that the others cannot."
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"Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities."
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"Emotionally intelligent people can focus their emotions to improve performance and productivity."
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"Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise."
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"None of us is born a genius, it self-ignites within us."
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