Quotes 181 till 200 of 1030.
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Deliberately or not, every author is of course present in every book he or she writes - even in a scientific text.
Source: A Tale of Two Continents (1997) p. xv -
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
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Do not judge a man by his friends; do not forget that Judas friends were impeccable.
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Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.
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Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it's fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I've healed very well.
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Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but somebody has to be his friend. Just to make sure I don't forget, Don gave me a doormat that sits just outside the front door of my house. It reads: 'The Newharts: The Rickleses Best Friends.'
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.
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Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
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Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
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Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.
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Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!
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Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore was first and foremost in my mind.
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