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  • Edgar W. Howe None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
    ― Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Brian K. Vaughan Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person's hands, and I don't think many screenwriters can say that.
    Source: Aint It Cool News interview
    ― Brian K. Vaughan
    American comic book and television writer (1976 - )
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  • Salman Rushdie Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the case of literature, its readers; to be, for a secular, materialist culture, some sort of replacement for what the love of god offers in the world of faith.
    ― Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
    ― Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • John Keats Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
    ― John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Jane Austen Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
    ― Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • John McGahern Nothing ever holds together unless it is mixed with some of one's own blood.
    Source: The Pornographe (2009) 14
    ― John McGahern
    Irish writer and novelist (1934 - 2006)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Charles de Gaulle Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
    ― Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Bjornstjerne Bjornson Nothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil.
    ― Bjornstjerne Bjornson
    Norwegian writer (1832 - 1910)
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  • Bill Cosby Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
    Source: ISBN: 9780929631004 Selected from Fatherhood and Time Flies (1989 edit
    ― Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Andy Rooney Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
    ― Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • John Ruskin Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
    ― John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Marilyn French Nothing is ever simple. What do you do when you discover you like parts of the role you're trying to escape?
    ― Marilyn French
    American radical feminist author (1929 - 2009)
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  • David Gemmell Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
    Source: Troy: Shield Of Thunder (1990) 193
    ― David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Bruce Barton Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
    ― Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Arnold H. Glasgow Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.
    ― Arnold H. Glasgow
    American editor and businessman (Born as Arnold Henry Glasow) (1905 - 1998)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.
    ― Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • C. S. Lewis Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
    ― C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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