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  • Anne Tyler I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without a thought about publication - and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Brooke Shields I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Bill Mauldin I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergents and jeeps which jump over mountains.
    Up Front
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Cato the Elder I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Aneurin Bevan I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Edward Vernon Rickenbacker I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
    Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
    American fighter pilot in WW I (1890 - 1973)
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  • Gerry Spence I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.
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  • Don Marquis I would rather start a family than finish one.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • J. G. Ballard I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Iain Banks I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
    Iain Banks
    Scottish author (1954 - 2013)
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  • Andy Warhol I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Becki Newton I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
    Becki Newton
    American actress (1978 - )
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  • Bill Engvall I'd like to see the Amazon rainforests before they're all gone, and also the Galapagos - that's another one I'd like to do. I'd love to go diving in those areas. Basically, places, like, that are kind of going away, and I'd like to see them before they all become condos and high-rises.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Bryan Ferry I'd love to follow the Tour de France one day. It's a really exciting spectacle. I've only seen it once as it was coming into Paris and that was very exciting for me. I have memories of that.
    Bryan Ferry
    English singer and songwriter (1945 - )
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  • Bette Davis I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Victor Hugo I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Edgar A. Guest I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear.
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  • Bill Bryson I'd turn on the lights, but they're blown. I'd offer you a seat, but there isn't one. I'd offer you a drink from the minibar, but there doesn't appear to be one. It certainly is basic. Basic? It's a bloody cell!
    In a Sunburned Country (US) / Down Under (UK) (2000)
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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