Quotes 2401 till 2420 of 4601.
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Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.
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Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words.
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Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.
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Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.
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Needing people yet being afraid of them is wearing me out.
Source: Gewoon blijven adem halen (1989) -
Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
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Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.
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Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that way.
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Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
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Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
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Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
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Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.
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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
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Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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Never pray for justice, because you might get some.
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