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Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. Isaac Singer
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Our major exports are books and children, both of which we produce in abundance. The children are Laurence, Joanne, Sarah and Carry. Shirley Jackson
american-novelist dreams people
People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. Dorothy Gilman
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I want you all to stand; will you do that for me, please? James Dickey
american-novelist effort human language speak
Language is an archeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history. Russell Hoban
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The antitrust division has been left in very good shape by Joel Klein. I've found a number of enforcement issues I'm happy to pursue. Charles James
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I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.
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I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover. Jonathan Franzen
american-novelist correct
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. Patricia Highsmith
easiest figure sentence shift time
Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It's the easiest thing to do in prose, not just by writing 'four years later', but you can shift time in a sentence or two. Mark Boal
easiest includes project reduce
Most of the project includes paving and excavation, so that's the easiest place to reduce the cost.
easiest feels flow inspired job journalism moments taught unlock whether
Just as there are moments when the words flow and it feels like the easiest job in the world, there are many more when I think I have nothing to say, and my journalism training taught me that writing is a job, that you write whether you are inspired or not, and that the only way to unlock creativity is to write through it. Jane Green
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For any book, it's distilling all of the moments in the book that are either fan favorites or pivotal that you have to have in there, and how you tie that all up into a two hour movie is not the easiest job.
easiest people ready victims
Getting the people out and relocated may be the easiest way, (but) the victims are not ready to leave.
easiest express means music pure since words
I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express . . . but since words are my talent, I must try to express clumsily in words what the pure must would have done better. William Faulkner
easiest last month six switched thinking
I switched six years ago, thinking I'd only last a month or so, but it's just been the easiest thing.
easiest fighting fights-and-fighting looking offensive
I think you're always looking for guys, especially in the offensive line, that are just tough, hard-working, fighting guys. That's what you look for. It's not always the easiest thing to find. Bob Stoops
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We talked about trying to make the easiest path to the regional championship that we could. Nothing is going to be easy but we have put ourselves in a good position.
maintain momentum objective successful
Our objective is to maintain the successful momentum of the team. Carlos Ghosn
main secure strategy
Our main strategy is to secure America's borders.
main role supportive
Our main role is to be supportive caregivers and parents.
main priority seeking staff
Our main priority is to get our staff working, and that is what we are seeking to do.
main sanctioned
Our main goal, obviously, was to get sanctioned in Nevada, E. B. White
main pieces signing wearing women
Our main demographic is 12 (years old) to 30 (years old), but I've had women in their 50s come to my signing wearing pieces from the collection. Nicky Hilton
maintain stay strength
Stay plugged in. Maintain the strength of the Chamber. Jim Hall
main people surprised
Some of the main organizers of this were McEwen people, so I'm not surprised that they were able to get their people to come out.
maintain peace reach stance
Our stance is to maintain peace and stability, and to reach settlement through dialogue,
major
Some of them will need some major (repair).
major
That day, there was nothing major going on,
major outside spending
Outside of NSW spending on major renovations was softer, but not substantially so at the end of 2005.
major maker policy roger
Roger was the major policy maker during 9/11. Alan Greenspan
major phones regular smart support threat vulnerable
We now know that it's not only a threat to smart phones. All these regular phones that support J2ME are vulnerable and can become a major target.
major mistake nervous
I was a little nervous today, but there was not any major mistake tonight. It was ok. Shizuka Arakawa
major relations today
I think there was a very major breakthrough today in the relations between us and Pakistan, Silvan Shalom
majority movement represents
The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country. Tony Benn
major pressure trying wish
The American administration is making a major mistake, trying to pressure the Chinese. I wish we'd back off. Steve Forbes
selection
There is wisdom in the selection of wisdom....
selective time
That's the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don't have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores have to be neurotic. Personally, I don't have time for all that; I don't want to get into it. Jonathan Safran Foer
selected
Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few. Stefan Hell
selected several teammate voted year
She's a leader, and she doesn't have to say much to be one. She's been selected as our teammate of the year for several years, and that's something that's voted on by the players.
selection whatever
We said from Selection Sunday, from that day on, whatever happens, we're going to come out to play to win.
selection
Natural selection is not an inflammatory phrase; evolution is. Peter Agre
select ability
[We need to ] select immigrants based on their likelihood of success in U.S. society and their ability to be financially self- sufficient. Donald Trump
select
They're going to be upwards, ... But it's only going to be in select sectors.
select
But the way it happened, after it was all over, it was unanimous that we select Erskine.
writers
Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained. Aminatta Forna
writers
Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films. Claire Tomalin
writers
'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives. Scott Adsit
writers written
In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate. Robert Klein
writers
There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium. Brian K. Vaughan
writers
Scottish writers are particularly successful in the crime genre. Sara Sheridan
writers
Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness. Charlaine Harris
writers written
I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.
writers
I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career. Marianne Williamson