"I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I'd never killed a character before."

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"I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a narrator, to get really complicated. Because it was a big deal. I'd never killed a character before."

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"To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor."

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L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

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"An array of behavioral decision options establishes opportunities for personal growth. The knowledgeable choices that a person makes in a constantly varying physical setting and capricious social milieu reflect their character, and their evolving personality continues to affect their social and intellectual growth."

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"As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script."

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"Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!"

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order."

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"I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century."

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"To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor."

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"As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous."

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"My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style."

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"I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order."

"I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century."

"I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable."

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