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"The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen."

"The more commercial work that is happening, the more people are operating cameras and are setting up studio lights, the greater the opportunity for drama production to happen."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Work, People, Opportunity, Drama

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"Inflation is the senility of democracies."

"Inflation is the senility of democracies."

Sylvia T. Warner, American Author

46

"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"

"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"

Stephen Levine, American Author

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"But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art."

"But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art."

Iris Murdoch, Irish Author

Art, Death, Imagination, Fantasy

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"In a highly performing team everyone achieves better than he/she would have achieved when working alone."

"In a highly performing team everyone achieves better than he/she would have achieved when working alone."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Teamwork, Performance, Success, Accomplishment

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"It feels great to recall great times."

"It feels great to recall great times."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Nostalgia, Memory, Joy, Reflection, Happiness

46

"Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out."

"Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out."

Jean Paul, German Author

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"Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart."

"Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart."

Phyllis McGinley, American Author

Heart, Silence, Words

46

"I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer."

"I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer."

David Guterson, American Author

Writing, Obligation, Writer

46

"Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it."

"Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it."

Mark Twain, American Author

Mood, Idea, Deep, Horror

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"Self-questioning is bound to arise at the outset of any worthy quest attempting to gain self-knowledge, and this disconcerting sense of uneasiness will continue to surface akin to a petulant sea serpent until a person undertaking a vision quest either discovers a safe haven or perceptively changes the trajectory of their destructive life."

"Self-questioning is bound to arise at the outset of any worthy quest attempting to gain self-knowledge, and this disconcerting sense of uneasiness will continue to surface akin to a petulant sea serpent until a person undertaking a vision quest either discovers a safe haven or perceptively changes the trajectory of their destructive life."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Quest, Self, Knowledge, Question

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"I got married in Florence, Italy. My husband and I were in love but totally broke, so we eloped and got married in Italy, where he was going on a business trip. We had to pull a guy off the street to be our witness. It was incredibly romantic. Florence is still one of my favorite cities in the world."

"I got married in Florence, Italy. My husband and I were in love but totally broke, so we eloped and got married in Italy, where he was going on a business trip. We had to pull a guy off the street to be our witness. It was incredibly romantic. Florence is still one of my favorite cities in the world."

Libba Bray, American Author

Relationship, Love, Romance, Adventure, Life

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"About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden."

"About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden."

Frank Yerby, American Author

Sea, Sun, Water

46

"It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership."

"It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership."

Mary A. Ward, American Author

Marriage, Literary, Partnership

46

"I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30."

"I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

46

"Why do we want more than we need?"

"Why do we want more than we need?"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Regret, Want, Needs, Desire

46

"During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively."

"During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively."

Brian Koslow, American Author

Negotiation, Will

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"The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe."

"The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe."

Simon Sinek, British Author

Business, Marketing, Purpose

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"I am extremely happy walking on the downs...I like to have space to spread my mind out in."

"I am extremely happy walking on the downs...I like to have space to spread my mind out in."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Lifestyle, Happiness, Walking, Freedom, Nature

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"I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it."

"I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it."

Toni Cade Bambara, American Author

Experience, Meaning, Order

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"Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her."

"Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her."

Richard Carlson, American Author

Circumstance, Circumstances

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"Escapers were the cream of the crop."

"Escapers were the cream of the crop."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Escape, Excellence, Freedom, Skill

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"They say money is the rude of all evil, however I know poor people that can quite fit the bill."

"They say money is the rude of all evil, however I know poor people that can quite fit the bill."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Economics, Money, Poverty, Evil, Truth

46

"But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term."

"But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term."

Mary A. Ward, American Author

Books, Summer, Thinking

46

"I had my first amendment rights removed by a USA judge for a video that I recorded in the public sidewalk. The right to free speech and freedom of the press only partially exists in the USA."

"I had my first amendment rights removed by a USA judge for a video that I recorded in the public sidewalk. The right to free speech and freedom of the press only partially exists in the USA."

Steven Magee, British Author

Censorship, Rights, Freedom, Speech, Truth

46

"Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in the act of communion and creation."

"Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in the act of communion and creation."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Story, Writing, Life, Creation

46

"And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together."

"And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together."

Robert Fulghum, American Author

46

"The exhilaration was hard to explain. It was a lonely feeling - a somehow melancholy feeling. He was outside; he passed on the wings of the wind, and none of the people beyond the brightly lighted squares of their windows saw him. They were inside, inside where there was light and warmth. They didn't know he had passed them; only he knew. It was a secret thing."

"The exhilaration was hard to explain. It was a lonely feeling - a somehow melancholy feeling. He was outside; he passed on the wings of the wind, and none of the people beyond the brightly lighted squares of their windows saw him. They were inside, inside where there was light and warmth. They didn't know he had passed them; only he knew. It was a secret thing."

Stephen King, American Author

Isolation, Regret, Today, Loneliness

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"Write about us, Robinson urged. "Tell our story. And I did it; I told our story. You hold it in your hands."

"Write about us, Robinson urged. "Tell our story. And I did it; I told our story. You hold it in your hands."

James Patterson, American Author

Narrative, Story, Memory, Writing, Life

46

"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."

"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish Author

46

"The approachable individuals are the first ones that I introduce myself to because they make me feel emotionally safe."

"The approachable individuals are the first ones that I introduce myself to because they make me feel emotionally safe."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Interaction, Emotion, Truth, Approach, Power

46

"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever."

"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever."

Jessamyn West, American Author

Communication, Word

46

"I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me."

"I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me."

Peter Benchley, American Author

Fiction, Writer

46

"Because a time comes in every man's life when he decides what sort of man he's going to be: the kind who lets other people walk all over him, or not."

"Because a time comes in every man's life when he decides what sort of man he's going to be: the kind who lets other people walk all over him, or not."

Fredrik Backman, Swedish Author

Character, Choice, Strength, Respect

46

"There was, no doubt, a confusion of persons in damnation: what Pantheists falsely hoped of Heaven bad men really received in Hell. They were melted down into their Master, as a lead soldier slips down and loses his shape in the ladle over the gas ring."

"There was, no doubt, a confusion of persons in damnation: what Pantheists falsely hoped of Heaven bad men really received in Hell. They were melted down into their Master, as a lead soldier slips down and loses his shape in the ladle over the gas ring."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Afterlife, Heaven, Fate, Suffering

46

"Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more."

"Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more."

Brian Koslow, American Author

Project, Projects, Will

46

"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success."

"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Government, Success, Excellence

46

"Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always."

"Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always."

Andre Malraux, French Author

Love, Time, History, Truth

46

"This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness."

"This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness."

Henry Williamson, English Author

Consciousness, Past

46

"The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet."

"The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet."

Rebecca H. Davis, American Author

Love, Earth, Friends, Sun

46

"The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents."

"The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents."

Annie Dillard, American Author

46

"Slow but steady wins the race."

"Slow but steady wins the race."

Aesop, Greek Author

Persistence, Race

46

"Sometimes I have believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

"Sometimes I have believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

Absurdity, Impossibility, Wonder, Imagination, Belief

46

"Isn't watching sacred potential kill itself as good a punishment as eternal fire?"

"Isn't watching sacred potential kill itself as good a punishment as eternal fire?"

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Punishment, Fire, Philosophy, Justice

46

"I have noticed a marked improvement in FEMA and with the coordination of FEMA and the State agencies."

"I have noticed a marked improvement in FEMA and with the coordination of FEMA and the State agencies."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Improvement, State

46

"The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors."

"The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Self-Control, Change, Truth, Emotions, Pain

46

"Life is an adventure, you only win if you are bold and courageous."

"Life is an adventure, you only win if you are bold and courageous."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Adventure, Bold, Courage

46

"Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny."

"Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Apology, Irony, Absurdity, Surprise, Comedy

46

"I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."

"I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Solitude, Company, Reflection, Peace

46

"There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person."

"There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person."

Elizabeth Moon, American Author

Science, Character, Being, Books

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