Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author.


Elizabeth George

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An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.
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Having spent the greater part of my life under a Communist dictatorship, I am very familiar with the...
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Here’s to all the places we went. And all the places we’ll go. And here’s me, whispering again...
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I'm not interested in dating a girl I'm not gonna marry
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The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend ob...
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People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that.
JOHN LASSETER
When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the l...
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I'm not against profanity. It's an important part of the language when used properly.
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The problem for me is that I can't ever really see who Gregory is, any more than I can see what a mi...
ELIZABETH CHANDLER
Seeing, touching is believing!
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL
SEO is DEAD in the eyes of the people who know LESS about it.
J. ORACOY
I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what...
BRANDON SANDERSON
The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's...
MAX FRISCH
The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.
ERIC CHURCH
The power of heart is much stronger than the power of mind to empower our life.
ANUJ SOMANY
Love can make even nice people do awful things.
JUDE DEVERAUX
Being a grown up is highly over rated. Just be an author.
NEIL GAIMAN
Being a writer is a gift, being an author is amazing, becoming a best seller is everyone's dream
LAQUITA CAMERON
I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, ve...
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
FRAN LEBOWITZ
Whiskey production became an important part of the history of George Washington's business activitie...
FRANK COLEMAN
When you have nothing nobody knows you. When you have something everyone knows you. If you're not wi...
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My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
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Live for today with your eyes on the future.
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL
Don't let anyone blind you with their criticism, you're just beautiful.
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Everyone is good at something as long as they love that something.
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The hardest step to take is always the first one.
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To rule an iceberg, you must swim,.. Deep. Pour régner sur l'iceberg, il faut savoir nager en profo...
CARL MATHIEU
Behave with kind with surrendorist, but behave with cruelty with enemy.
NITIN S DHARKAR
Words are magic to those who chose to listen, to those who don’t are bones.
PABLO D. RODRIGUEZ
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çünkü fena kırmızıdır
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Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy.
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I am tired of seeing Aberdeen and the Huntington Township being an orphan compared to the rest of th...
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I admit to subscribing to all the celebrity rags. The best part of being an author is if the celebs ...
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I needed to say something. Something romantic! Something to sweep her off her feet.
"You're lik...
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Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company.
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The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is th...
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Religion is an important part of my life,
ANITA DIAMANT
This is an important part of our heritage.
AHMED M. AL ASHKER
The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse deal...
MAX FRISCH
Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an impor...
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I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the m...
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Having such a loyal employee and talented crew chief like Tony as part of DEI on a long-term basis w...
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An eye for an eye may make the whole world blind, but a punishment you feel makes it all the more re...
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Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my...
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And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.
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but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer.
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El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no...
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Kau bisa melihat masa depan kalau kau punya pemahaman dasar tentang bagaimana orang akan bersikap
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Masa depan terbentang di hadapannya, tak terhindarkan namun tak kasat mata
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And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absenc...
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Dumpers may not always be the heartbreakers, and the Dumpees may not always be the heartbroken. But ...
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Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could sta...
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En inglés, Borogove’” I said. “But what if I don’t finish this painting in
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There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
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Identifying the roles of different contributors is important. What does it mean that someone is list...
DAVID MAGNUS
Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
IRA SACHS
Art is such an important part of our culture.
ROSANNA ARQUETTE
Having an open mind is the most important precondition for creating new ideas.
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Unless it's mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it's a waste of your time. There are too many medio...
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A major part of being prepared is having a plan. Local calls don't always work in the immediate ...
MIKE CRAPO
Having an open mind is the most important precondition for creating
new ideas.
ERALDO BANOVAC
An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference - a cens...
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Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.
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Life is meant to be joyful, fun, adventurous, meaningful and exciting. Having people you cherish com...
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It is not a wholesale solution, but an important part of what is required.
BILL DAY
When you love someone, it's never over,' Dr. Carruthers replied gently. 'You move on, because you ha...
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Whether it is in a sales situation, love at first sight, a husband and wife having an important conv...
SUSAN C. YOUNG
The difference between leader and boss is that leaders set the rule for themselves to take along fol...
ANUJ SOMANY
you can not understand what i feel for you. because your heart beats for some other one.
PRASOON DWIVEDI
i am not rich, but my heart is enough rich that you can stay there for the rest of your life.
PRASOON DWIVEDI
Keeping an eye on own self is an Introspection.
JYOTSNAJHA
Watching on one’s doing and what he should do for his desires is an Introspection.
JYOTSNAJHA
We are all but slaves to an ideal
ELYMOR JAN B. HERNANDEZ
Strength is not a virtue of the strong but an illusion of the weak
ELYMOR JAN B. HERNANDEZ
Things change, and so do people. The only thing that doesn't change are the memories ❤
DAZZLїиG_Бципу
Death is the conclusion of an everlasting essay.
ROSA M. BETANCES
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
For what is a man if he is not succesful in love
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL
What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by yo...
STEPHEN D'MELLO
What's crucial is to never get stuck. Making hard decisions is such an important part of being a...
PAYAL KADAKIA
If your presence doesn't make an impact, your absence won't make a difference.
TREY SMITH
This is an important historical site which is now a leisure facility and I feel certain that there i...
BARRY DAVIES
Nuclear power is an important part of our domestic fuel mix.
MICHAEL BURGESS
The way I express ideas is through the plot, Suspense is an important part of expressing an idea.
DARA HORN
I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and...
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Progressive has been an important part of Austin for nearly 30 years. Come hurricane season, they be...
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An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on bor...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
...The Qur'an cannot be translated. ...The book is here rendered almost literally and every effort h...
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You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.
JOHN GREEN
Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets ...
SIGMUND FREUD
Every believer should be an apostle since each believer is sent by the Lord Jesus to go and bear fru...
HENRY HON
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
PAT RILEY
Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their ...
GAGAN NARANG
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A. A. MILNE
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A.A. MILNE
It's certainly an important part of our identity.
ED HARDY
That's such an important part of the show.
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If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb eno...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
There is nobody in this country who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there - g...
ELIZABETH WARREN
The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it re...
ELIZABETH BOWEN
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
ELIZABETH BOWEN
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
ELIZABETH BOWEN
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
ELIZABETH BOWEN
The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it...
ELIZABETH BOWEN
The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicate...
ELIZABETH HARDWICK
Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.
ELIZABETH BERG
Says Momma: “I got handed lemons, too, y’know but I learned how to make lemonade with them… No...
ELIZABETH FLOCK
People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. T...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustai...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating
ELIZABETH SCOTT
The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy o...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
The King once said to me, 'Harold, you stand above all other men.' I said, 'No, Sire. I want nothing...
ELIZABETH ALDER
You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta ...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border o...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll ...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Her romances often seemed like dalliances; she enjoyed male company and blossomed in its presence, b...
ELIZABETH WINDER
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and w...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Instructions for freedom":
1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. You have just cl...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Even someone you've inhabited rooms with, and seen naked everyday, seen sitting on the toilet throug...
ELIZABETH KOSTOVA
The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is be...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.
ELIZABETH GILBERT
One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.
ELIZABETH GILBERT
The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny...
ELIZABETH GILBERT
How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly.
ELIZABETH GASKELL
Mary Queen of Scots had a little dog, a Skye terrier, that was devoted to her. Moments after Mary wa...
ELIZABETH WEIN
I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot ye...
ELIZABETH GILBERT