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  • Don Marquis Like all other zealous reformers we do what we do because we like doing it better than anything else.
    The almost perfect state
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Queen Elizabeth II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
    Queen Elizabeth II
    Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (1926 - 2022)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Jorge Luis Borges Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.
    Jorge Luis Borges
    Argentijns writer (1899 - 1986)
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  • E. L. Doctorow Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
    E. L. Doctorow
    American writer (1931 - 2015)
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  • Billy Joel Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Joseph Heller Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
    Joseph Heller
    American author (1923 - 1999)
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  • Carol Loomis Limited partnerships are required to amend their filings whenever important changes, such as the admission of new partners, take place.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • John Gay Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Carmen Agra Deedy Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.
    Carmen Agra Deedy
    American author of children’s literature
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  • Carla Bley Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
    Carla Bley
    American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936 - )
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  • Oriana Fallaci Listening to someone talk isn't at all like listening to their words played over on a machine. What you hear when you have a face before you is never what you hear when you have before you a winding tape.
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  • Cesare Pavese Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: ''You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.''
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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  • Adam Smith Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Henry James Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Antonia Fraser Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline Living, just by itself - what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredom's the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you've got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that's terribly exciting - or he'll come along and nibble your brain.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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  • Alexander Pope Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; dies before thy uncreating word: thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; and universal darkness buries all.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Bette Davis Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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