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I think writers are the most narcissistic people. Well, I musn't say this, I like many of them, a gr... SYLVIA PLATH
Living in a cultural milieu where the foreign writers most widely available and admired were Russian... PANKAJ MISHRA
Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN And remember: the flesh is as sacred as it is profane.
BRIAN MCGREEVY There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the...
A. SCOTT BERG I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I am well aware that the writers of New York, London, and Toronto are more readily noticed, though t...
DANIEL WOODRELL
What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL
I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones... TOM STOPPARD God is sacred. Religion is profane.
RAIN BOJANGLES
I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL
The paradox of modernism is, writers make the decision to work with the continuous present, and to w... WILL SELF
I can well imagine that certain writers, even writers that we'd consider today very great writer... DANIEL TAMMET
No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no past at... RALPH WALDO EMERSON
No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no Past at... RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality,... LUDWIG FEUERBACH
The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to real... LUDWIG FEUERBACH
I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers w... SAM SHEPARD Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE Must we then have strange music... unlike the world's music, and a special language with an imagery ...
HOWARD HEWLETT CLARK
Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing. NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY
No facts to me are sacred; none are profane. RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan... MARGARET MITCHELL I don't have any real "process." Some people in Nashville go in like an assembly line. They're able ...
CHARLIE DANIELS
I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.'... MAYA ANGELOU
I think even great writers only write two books that you might like. When I think of my touchstone w... ETHAN CANIN I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a c...
DAN PINK
To pray is to have a conversation with Deity. This sacred and supernal communication with Heavenly F... L. LIONEL KENDRICK And I awoke..Only to find my arms were empty..Though this night it seems that you were with me
DALLAS GREEN I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that ...
JUDY BLUME
What you produce is not necessarily always sacred, I realized, just because you think it's sacred. W... ELIZABETH GILBERT I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say,...
PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.
ELEANOR CATTON
I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. T... ERIC IDLE
The temple and the holy ordinances are indeed sacred, and we should be spiritually sensitive to them... L. LIONEL KENDRICK “What one experiences at the youthful days (now), does not mean he is being drawn to his failure�...
THE PIONEER WRITERS' SOCIETY
We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as 'secular or sacred.' In fact, the opp... RAVI ZACHARIAS Let nothing human be considered sacred. Let nothing human be considered divine.
MARTY RUBIN
I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find... J. G. BALLARD
I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have conclud... JAMES A. MICHENER My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this...
BARRY LOPEZ
I feel deeply my responsibility to teach sacred things. I am so aware that the world is changing and... JAMES E. FAUST Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own...
ATHANASIUS
Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar. MARGARET MITCHELL
The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the dut... VICTOR HUGO
I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a littl... HARLAN COBEN I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers....
HAKAN NESSER I am really excited about the house. It is looking great and I am very optimistic that we can make a...
MARIANNE CUSATO
Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make ... LANCE LOUD
Why be an ostrich? MARGARET MITCHELL
I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone to writers&#... NELSON ALGREN
I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers deal... WALTER MOSLEY
By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a ... EMILE DURKHEIM
I resent people who say writers write from experience. Writers don't write from experience, though m... NIKKI GIOVANNI
Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional wr... MITCHEL RESNICK
Writers just play out their fantasies in their books. They are often very unstable, tricky people, B... ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH
I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I think most writers, if they will admit it, have stories in their head all the time ... . The probl...
BARBARA HODGES I regard the 'Descendants' as a melodrama, and all scenes have been the trappings to increas...
SONG JOONG-KI
Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER
All day long you sit and sew,Stitch life down for fear it grow,
Stitch life down fo...
EDITH SITWELL The use of incense was very common in olden times. It was employed for profane purposes as an antido...
DAVID STERN
The person with a secular mentality feels himself to be the center of the universe. Yet he is likely... M. SCOTT PECK
I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I think for writers, I think it's really important to court eviction from your tribe: to expose ...
ALEXANDRA FULLER I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. ...
NAWAL EL SAADAWI
I am well aware that Sanctuary has disappointed the market significantly this year and, with hindsig... ANDY TAYLOR
I am well aware that Sanctuary has disappointed the market significantly this year and, with hindsig... ANDY TAYLOR
Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936 Now the great thing is... JOHN CALVIN
The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. BILL WATTERSON
I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and ma... JOHN GREEN
I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits ... RAY BRADBURY
The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I am not - thank heavens - one of those 'driven' writers who spend a fortnight buckled with ... JIM CRACE
A lot of dead writers feed my mind with their ever-present whisperings. I CHARLES MARTIN
I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH She buys "mixed salad greens" for seven dollars a bag, triple-washed with who knows what. And to get...
RUDOLPH DELSON
I've met writers who wanted to be writers from the age of six, but I certainly had no feelings l... ROMESH GUNESEKERA
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime ... ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN
Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of natur... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of natur... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
Everywhere I go, I am asked if I think university stifles writers. My opinion is that it doesn't sti... FLANNERY O'CONNOR I get very tired of books that feel emotionally empty. I would much rather have writers err on the s...
ALEXI ZENTNER
Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) is to continue believing you are someone that you re... DADA BHAGWAN I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between acto...
ZACH WOODS
Would it please you if I said your eyes were twin gold-fish bowls filled to the brim with the cleare... MARGARET MITCHELL
I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure o... SLOANE CROSLEY
With all my soul I longed to be in a position to join with the people in performing the rites of the... LEO TOLSTOY I think that the management there feels that the stock price is well below where it should be, and I...
JASON KLEIN For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has e...
ALEKSANDER SOLZHENITSYN
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has e... ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please cou... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE If you are an Aaron Sorkin fan, and I am, I understand always lamenting his departure. But I also th...
JOSHUA MALINA Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The early Hebrews learned at the foot of Mou...
SHERWOOD E. WIRT
I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st ce... ALFONSO CUARON Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I ...
HA JIN
You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for s... ERIC HOFFER
When I present those clip shows and movie mistakes and things, the persona the writers adopt for me ... ROBERT WEBB
There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the m... DIANA GABALDON
National honor is the national property of the highest value. 
Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat... 
People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m... 
From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi... 
My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.' 
Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again. 
You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&... 
It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies. 
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha... 
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves. 
'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it. 
For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by... 
When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling... 
A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on. 
I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance. 
You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,... 
In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If... 
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself. 
But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner. 
I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with othe... 
I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated. 
I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is ... 
The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world,... 
Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. 
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, ... 
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID t... 
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that t... 
In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, c... 
An actor should be judged by his performance only. 
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi... 
To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this grea... 
The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why... 
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic current... 
Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th... 
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration,... 
I'm a big cardigan sweater guy. 
No one forgets their first love. You're experiencing all those endorphins and all that dopamine ... 
I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they&#... 
You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-a... 
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of respondin... 
A man is literally what he thinks. 
There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p... 
It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up... 
The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes... 
The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch. 
In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk... 
In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John M... 
Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six... 
Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go... 
I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like ... 
Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination. 
There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what... 
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opi... 
Equal laws protecting equal rights the best guarantee of loyalty & love of country. 
The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is... 
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. 
Love is what you've been through with somebody. 
Buy a book in brown paper 
Your parents are the parents you know best. Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the broth... 
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home. 
Undisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks, and bribes became a way of doing business at FIFA. 
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, ... 
All are equal 
On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending,
And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb... 