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People read fiction for emotion-not information


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When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism



She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.



It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.



Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.



Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.



The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."



Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-



When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.

When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.



I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.



There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.

There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.





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Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.

Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to develop.



Boys dream of strippers, men dream of their women waiting for them at home.

Boys dream of strippers, men dream of their women waiting for them at home.



Fair warning, baby. I’m in the mood for a fight, and I wouldn’t play fair or nice.--Niall Hunter to Khloe Richardson

Fair warning, baby. I’m in the mood for a fight, and I wouldn’t play fair or nice.--Niall Hunter to Khloe Richardson



In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails why should one condemn oneself to live day in day out with people one does not like and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them?

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails why should one condemn oneself to live day in day out with people one does not like and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them?



Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life.... Just one. Our life. We have nothing else.

Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life.... Just one. Our life. We have nothing else.



I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet.

I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet.



Every time I left for the battlefield I promised this to myself; I must live to see you again. In order to protect you, I promised myself that I must win.

Every time I left for the battlefield I promised this to myself; I must live to see you again. In order to protect you, I promised myself that I must win.



What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.

What's to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.



The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.

The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.



I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.

I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.




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