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  • J. G. Ballard Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Bill Plympton Hand-drawn animation is something that I feel really strongly about. A Pixar movie may be really great, but it looks like it was drawn by a machine.
    Bill Plympton
    American animator, graphic designer and cartoonist (1946 - )
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  • Fred A. Allen Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Harry Emerson Fosdick Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    American minister (1878 - 1969)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Charlie Chaplin I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
    Charlie Chaplin
    British actor, movie maker (1889 - 1977)
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  • Arthur Hailey I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.
    Arthur Hailey
    British-Canadian novelist (1920 - 2004)
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  • Bryan White I grew up with all kinds of music, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.
    Bryan White
    American country music singer and songwriter (1974 - )
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  • Bryan White I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.
    Bryan White
    American country music singer and songwriter (1974 - )
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  • George Carlin I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
    George Carlin
    American stand-up comedian, actor and author (1937 - 2008)
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  • Bryan Fuller I think one of the things that was a huge surprise to everyone with 'Silence of the Lambs' was that that was an Oscar-winning horror movie. It struck such a nerve with audiences that it was a very particular, special experience.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • George Bird Evans I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.
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  • Adam Clayton I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.
    Adam Clayton
    Irish musician (1960 - )
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  • Samuel Pepys I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.
    Samuel Pepys
    English administrator of the navy and Member of Parliament (1633 - 1703)
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  • Berkeley Breathed I'll confess right here that I secretly wish I'd have drawn a strip about a little boy with a fake tiger, going for adventures throughout the universe in spaceships of his imagination.
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard I'm drawn toward filmmakers who have a very distinctive voice. I really appreciate people who push themselves and, therefore, push the medium forward.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Barry Eisler I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Antonio Tabucchi I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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