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STEVEN ROWLEY Fake people always seem like they’re winning because they’re always lying. TROY GATHERS OSCAR WILDE REBECCA MCNUTT Just because they annoy you doesn't mean they’re wrong! OSCAR AULIQ-ICE AULIQ ICE Stupid people don’t always know that they’re stupid. They might be aware that something is wrong... JONAS KARLSSON There are very few Americans who honestly care who Lindsay Lohan is dating. But it’s still informa... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN Little boys tease little girls when they’re 8, and women still love it when they’re 28 and 48. DAVID DEANGELO DAV PILKEY Men don’t take rejection so well. It’s like they’re raised expecting that they can have whatev... TENDAI HUCHU VICTORIA MORAN ERIN MORGENSTERN A huge number of jobs that are filled are never advertised to the public, or if they are, they’re ... MELANIE PINOLA SARAH DESSEN LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI JIM BUTCHER RICK RIORDAN There has been an awfully lot of reality programming in the last 10 years and natural-disaster movie... ANDREW ADAMSON GARTH STEIN GRACE PALEY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN NICHOLAS SPARKS KURT VONNEGUT STEPHEN FRY PAULA POUNDSTONE RICHELLE MEAD BRANDON SANDERSON F. SCOTT FITZGERALD CASSANDRA CLARE DEYTH BANGER CHRIS COLFER KAMI GARCIA JOSEPH HELLER Want, need, passion, they’re all good things. But without love to anchor them, they fade and drift... OLASOT CARRIE FISHER Gay kids aren’t a “plot point” that you can play with. Gay kids are real, actual kids, teenage... SARAH DIEMER WALTER ISAACSON I’m a realist,” I replied stubbornly, “not a romantic. RomanticsAMANDA HOWELLS Always look people in the eye, even if they’re blind. Just say, I’m looking you in the eye JEFF BENESKI STEPHEN KING SIMONE ELKELES LAUREN OLIVER We still have many stories to report ahead of us. How do people start to rebuild their lives? How do... MARCY MCGINNIS Mature men look into the ladies hearts.RICARDO DEROSE J.K. ROWLING I find it entertaining to watch men try an outrun the knowledge that they’re needless liars, petty... BOBBY W. MILLER IAIN M. BANKS STEPHEN R. COVEY Adults are just making things up as they go along. And when they’re scared, adults have no more an... MIKE A. LANCASTER But some of it (evangelistic persuasion) is going to come through service. The deficit that many Chr... SKIP VACCARELLO There’s faith that knows itself as faith, Proyas, and there’s faith that confuses itself for kno... R. SCOTT BAKKER PRIYA ARDIS You can see the people who thought they could come to London, bend over and pick gold off the street... GARRY CRYSTAL JACK CANFIELD Stars are everything and nothing that we think they are.J.M. EVANS CRAIG GROESCHEL People who really want to make a difference in the world usually do it, in one way or another. And I... BETH CLARK Despite their frequent cries to the contrary, politicians have rarely demonstrated an ability to wal... IAN THOMAS MALONE CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE WALTER ISAACSON You know something, it’s not easy to break out of your comfort zone. People will tear you down, te... GLEE Stop telling me I’m oppressed.....I’m not a victim. I don’t know why feminists are so hellbent... HANNAH BLEAU It’s not just the drive. They’re right out front. Everywhere. Waiting for me. All day and night.... PHILIP K. DICK HOLLY HOOD Scared people don’t really mean what they say, they’re just looking for ways to rationalize ever... CHRIS DIETZEL Damn lies by the train load are like cancer. Those who tried to wish cancer away would tell you it d... BOBBY W. MILLER BETH REVIS J.K. ROWLING MICHAEL CRICHTON KATIE KACVINSKY JODI PICOULT
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