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"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom."

"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom."

Natan Sharansky, Russian Writer

Peace, Fear, Cause, Evil

38

"To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself."

"To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Contribution, Values, Humanity, Thought

38

"You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"It will not."If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."I, also M. Ratchett."What's wrong with my proposition?"Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said."

"You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"It will not."If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."I, also M. Ratchett."What's wrong with my proposition?"Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Negotiation, Money, Values, Conflict

38

"This is only a work of fiction , The Truth as always will be far stranger."

"This is only a work of fiction , The Truth as always will be far stranger."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Fiction, Truth, Observation, Imagination

38

"It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a Japanese octogenarian man."

"It's never that hard for me to imagine what it must feel like to be someone else, whether it's an American teenage girl or a Japanese octogenarian man."

Curtis Sittenfeld, American Writer

Empathy, Man, Teenage

38

"Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War."

"Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War."

Ann Druyan, American Writer

Motivational, Time, War, Motivation

38

"Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do."

"Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do."

Robert Kirkman, American Writer

38

"My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head."

"My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head."

S. E. Hinton, American Writer

38

"It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few moments. 'A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an erection."

"It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few moments. 'A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an erection."

David Sedaris, American Writer

Personal, Humor, Observation, Identity, Truth

38

"I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull."

"I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

38

"Because there are a million thoughts that never sleepand a million more that wake up as each second passes by...And it's insanity insidebut I can no longer keep quietOh, I can't speak as wellI need to writeI have to write."

"Because there are a million thoughts that never sleepand a million more that wake up as each second passes by...And it's insanity insidebut I can no longer keep quietOh, I can't speak as wellI need to writeI have to write."

Sanhita Baruah, Indian Writer

Creativity, Thought, Writing, Expression

38

"Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder."

"Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder."

Donald E. Westlake, American Writer

God, Nothing, State, Wonder

38

"A person who could withstand such dreadful insults from his or her enemies can have the ability to reach his or her potentials by becoming socially, educationally and economically successful."

"A person who could withstand such dreadful insults from his or her enemies can have the ability to reach his or her potentials by becoming socially, educationally and economically successful."

Saaif Alam, Indian Writer

Achievement, Success, Truth, Observation, Wisdom

38

"I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I'd entered the competition instead - I'd probably have come nowhere and given up on the whole fiction game."

"I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I'd entered the competition instead - I'd probably have come nowhere and given up on the whole fiction game."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Competition, Fiction, Wonder

38

"Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes."

"Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Man, Men, Arguments, Nothing, Wishes

38

"I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's."

"I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's."

Don Novello, American Writer

Time, Gain, Years

38

"I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points."

"I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points."

Fredrik Bajer, Danish Writer

Friendship, Thought, Friends

38

"Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess."

"Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Life, Time, Theology

38

"Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story."

"Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story."

Terry Goodkind, American Writer

Life, Fantasy, Focus, World

38

"My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind."

"My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind."

Daisy Ashford, English Writer

Creativity, Idea, Wind

38

"Still the voices of your critics. Listen intently to your own voice, to the person who knows you best. Then answer these questions: Do you think you should move ahead? How will you feel if you quit pursuing this thing you want to do? And what does your best self advise? What you hear may change your life."

"Still the voices of your critics. Listen intently to your own voice, to the person who knows you best. Then answer these questions: Do you think you should move ahead? How will you feel if you quit pursuing this thing you want to do? And what does your best self advise? What you hear may change your life."

Steve Goodier, American Writer

Guidance, Criticism, Advice, Self, Intuition

38

"I'm never going to complain about receiving free early copies of books, because clearly there's nothing to complain about, but it does introduce a rogue element into one's otherwise carefully plotted reading schedule. ...Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e.g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarly deflected from your chosen path."

"I'm never going to complain about receiving free early copies of books, because clearly there's nothing to complain about, but it does introduce a rogue element into one's otherwise carefully plotted reading schedule. ...Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e.g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarly deflected from your chosen path."

Nick Hornby, English Writer

Reading, Books, Humor, Distraction

38

"Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for."

"Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Hope, Acting, Being, Fulfillment

38

"In hard times nothing is visible life seems to beat you down, with courage hit the problems ball will be in your court."

"In hard times nothing is visible life seems to beat you down, with courage hit the problems ball will be in your court."

Kishore Bansal, Indian Writer

Inspirational, Hardship, Courage, Truth, Happiness

38

"It's always almost Autumn, down here at Rock Bottom."

"It's always almost Autumn, down here at Rock Bottom."

Ashly Lorenzana, American Writer

Nature, Autumn, Melancholy, Despair, Metaphor

38

"Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work."

"Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work."

Brian Lumley, English Writer

Work, Now, Years

38

"Who says we don't want to be inspired? We fucking want to be inspired! What the fuck is wrong with us wanting to be inspired? Everyone acts like it's some crazy idea, some outrageous ungrantable request. Don't we deserve grand human projects that give us meaning?"

"Who says we don't want to be inspired? We fucking want to be inspired! What the fuck is wrong with us wanting to be inspired? Everyone acts like it's some crazy idea, some outrageous ungrantable request. Don't we deserve grand human projects that give us meaning?"

Dave Eggers, American Writer

Motivation, Inspirational, Desire, Motivational, Life

38

"This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws."

"This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Formation, Youth, Teaching, Control, Curiosity

38

"The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others."

"The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others."

Jose Saramago, Portuguese Writer

Attitude, Americans, Relationships

38

"As events beyond my control unfold. I go within to find peace."

"As events beyond my control unfold. I go within to find peace."

Renae A. Sauter, American Writer

Calm, Peace, Control, Acceptance

38

"Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context."

"Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context."

Josh McDowell, American Writer

Knowledge, Evaluate, Light, Now

38

"Sometimes, getting comfortable with the circumstance is the only preparation you need to deal with it."

"Sometimes, getting comfortable with the circumstance is the only preparation you need to deal with it."

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Acceptance, Life, Reality, Mind

38

"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."

"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."

Catherine Drinker Bowen, American Writer

Writing, Healing, Nothing, Right, Word

38

"No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes."

"No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Philosophy, Grace, Beauty, Pain, Grief

38

"I'm writing a new book right now that is like an erotica manifesto."

"I'm writing a new book right now that is like an erotica manifesto."

Susie Bright, American Writer

Now, Right, Writing

38

"Jealousy, you know, is usually not an affair of causes. It is much more-how shall I say?-fundamental than that. Based on the knowledge that one's love is not returned. And so one goes on waiting, watching, expecting...that the loved one will turn to someone else."

"Jealousy, you know, is usually not an affair of causes. It is much more-how shall I say?-fundamental than that. Based on the knowledge that one's love is not returned. And so one goes on waiting, watching, expecting...that the loved one will turn to someone else."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Heartbreak, Love, Jealousy, Truth, Waiting

38

"Charity Purify your heart and makes you lion."

"Charity Purify your heart and makes you lion."

Kishore Bansal, Indian Writer

Charity, Heart, Purity

38

"The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble."

"The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

Being, Building, Communism, Reason

38

"There's no night without stars."

"There's no night without stars."

Andre Norton, American Writer

38

"The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training."

"The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training."

Carroll Quigley, American Writer

Attitude, Nature, Christian, Humannature

38

"First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory."

"First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Self-Expression, First, Literary, Literature, Theory

38

"There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will turn on the first true friend you make."

"There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will turn on the first true friend you make."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

Relationship, Friendship, Youth, Values, Connection

38

"When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement."

"When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement."

Jonathan Kozol, American Writer

Hope, Boston, Freedom, Leaders

38

"For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline."

"For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline."

Anthony Doerr, American Writer

Work, Environment, Help, Self

38

"When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise."

"When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise."

Mary Frances Berry, American Writer

Cause, Compromise, Justice

38

"Some people are as angry as they seem to be only because it's the safest place to hide from more pain."

"Some people are as angry as they seem to be only because it's the safest place to hide from more pain."

Ashly Lorenzana, American Writer

Anger, Pain, Defense, Emotion

38

"Learning is not a form of slavery when you are getting an education. It is a privilege that can expand your knowledge and horizons in order to better understand the core values of survival if you are willing to put the time and effort to be a well educated human being."

"Learning is not a form of slavery when you are getting an education. It is a privilege that can expand your knowledge and horizons in order to better understand the core values of survival if you are willing to put the time and effort to be a well educated human being."

Saaif Alam, Indian Writer

Education, Learning, Privilege, Knowledge

38

"I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap."

"I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap."

Robert Kirkman, American Writer

Character, Road

38

"There was all the world and his wife."

"There was all the world and his wife."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Expression, World, Company, Humor

38

"I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman."

"I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman."

James Ellroy, American Writer

Life, Marriage, People, Dream

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