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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
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"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."
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"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."
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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."
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"The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair."
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"Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on."
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"I didn't act like I was there. I just got into the story."
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"Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements."
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"It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one."
Talk
"I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art."
Relationship
"And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have."
Art
"The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author."
Reading
"A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life."
Life
"The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation."
Conversation
"I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening."
History
"Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time."
Time
"The principle of art is to pause, not bypass."
Art
"Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard."
Work
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