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The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.


E. L. Doctorow

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HOUSSAYE Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.
JEAN ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN You will have to walk on the road yourself, it will not tell you what lies ahead.
VIKRANT PARSAI Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.
JOSé ORTEGA Y GASSET Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET Tell us your phobias, and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
ROBERT BENCHLEY Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
ROBERT BENCHLEY Tell me more about what upsets you.
ANGEL ORTIZ Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.
JOHN RUSKIN By God! I will not tell you more to-day,Judge any way you will -- what matters it?
WILLIAM MORRIS There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. ...
KEVIN MCCARTHY 'Listen, this is an international incident. It's a tragedy and I don't know what's going to happen f...
JOHN HALL I can tell you that I'm sorry for what happened,
BILL JANKLOW Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
ENGLISH PROVERB You can tell it like it was, I'll tell it like it is, and always will be.
ARACELY ALDAMA I tell you this, and I tell you plain
What you have done, you will do again
You will bite ...
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MADELINE MILLER Something just happened in the third quarter. I can't really tell you what.
JASON BROWN Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
W. CLEMENT STONE Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. [Fr., Dis moi ce que tu manges, je te dira...
ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN Some people will lie to you because they mean to. Others will do it to tell you what you want to hea...
ROBERT HERJAVEC The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.
JIM HARRISON Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
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HAYLEY WILLIAMS Do what you love and the money will follow.
MARSHA SINETAR Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
STEPHANIE KLEIN You can call me what you like, but I will be taking your cake.
-L (from Death Note)
TSUGUMI OHBA It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.
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PAUL MCCARTNEY A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind
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FRANK CRANE What is a friend? I will tell you it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
FRANK CRANE What is a friend? I will tell you… it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
FRANK CRANE What is a friend? I will tell you… it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
FRANK CRANE Tell him what you would like for him to do. Tell him what feels good.
LARRY JAMES Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow.
PETER MCWILLIAMS L: You want me just to be your... friend?

E: You want the truth? I think you're my guardi...
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GEORGE S. PATTON Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingen...
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LORRIN L. LEE Don't tell people what you are thinking, or you will miss them terribly when you are away.
J.D. SALINGER Men tell you the facts, but God will tell you the truth!
UNKNOWN I can tell you what the results will be if he represents himself. He will go to jail and starve.
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NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Tell us what happened. You were shooting a scene in a prison yard, right?
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MANSOUR BOURIAK Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
DALE CARNEGIE Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack
SPANISH PROVERB Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.
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BRIAN SEYMORE Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house.
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ANGELA CARTER Your thoughts only tell you what you want, but your actions tell you what you get.
TROY FONTANA This world was meant to be shared by everyone.
What I want to ask is, "What happened?
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
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JODI PICOULT There are two reasons to not tell the truth -- because lying will get you what you want, and because...
JODI PICOULT I can't tell you how many times people will tell me they're not signing up. I don't know if they get...
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DEYTH BANGER My philosophy has always been, 'do what you love and the money will follow.'
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JUDY COLLINS Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.
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TRACY MCCORMICK The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who wil...
JOHN GUNTHER Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.
JOE BIDEN It's still in its beginning stages, so it's hard to tell what it has done or will do for you.
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WOODROW WILSON

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CORY DOCTOROW And it is promotion. My publisher, Tor Books, have some modern methods that allow them to make a pro...
CORY DOCTOROW if I want to enable my readers push copies to their friends, and they're in circles like Slashdot, W...
CORY DOCTOROW [What is the new is the creative process involved in producing a blook.] Blogs encourage their autho...
CORY DOCTOROW Every telecomm company is as big a corporate welfare bum as you could ask for. Try to imagine what i...
CORY DOCTOROW I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to...
CORY DOCTOROW Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can...
E.L. DOCTOROW I watched bulls bred to cows, watched mares foal, I saw life come from the egg and the multiplicativ...
E.L. DOCTOROW It's our goddamed city! It's our goddamed country. No terrorist can take it from us for so long as w...
CORY DOCTOROW Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly ...
CORY DOCTOROW the problem with reading off a screen isn’t resolution, eyestrain, or compatibility with reading i...
CORY DOCTOROW Face-book has all the social graces of a nose-picking, hyperactive six-year-old, standing at the thr...
CORY DOCTOROW What if I got hit by lightning while walking with an umbrella? Ban umbrellas! Fight the menace of li...
CORY DOCTOROW If you've never programmed a computer, you should. There's nothing like it in the whole world. When ...
CORY DOCTOROW ... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, ...
CORY DOCTOROW And that's the real reason the powerful fear open systems and networks. If anyone can set up a free ...
CORY DOCTOROW The US traded its manufacturing sector’s health for its entertainment industry, hoping that Police...
CORY DOCTOROW I think we should permanently cut off the internet access of any company that sends out three errone...
CORY DOCTOROW Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves dire...
CORY DOCTOROW She's some kind of Socialist-anarchist-anarcho-syndicalist-Communist. Unless you're one of them you ...
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