There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting. - Alain de Botton

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Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

Alain de Botton

There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting.

Lazy, Sloth, Quoting, Option, Emotionally

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A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide.

Animal, Beings, Emotions, Inability, Suicide

Dreams reveal we never quite get 'over' anything: it's all still in there somewhere.

Dream, Dreams, Get Over, Quite, Reveal, Stills

The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

Censored, Ideas, People, Stupid

Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it.

Book, Declaring, Done, Remains

What am I supposed to do here? What am I supposed to think?

Supposed, Think, Thinking

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Susan Sontag

It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting, articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little - have few verbal means. Eloquence - thinking in words - is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, a heightened painful individuality. In groups, it's more natural to sing, to dance, to pray: given, rather than invented (individual) speech.

Byproduct, Groups, Mean, People, Thinking, Verbal

Jean M. Auel

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

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Roger Angell

Life is tough and brimming with loss, and the most we can do about it is to glimpse ourselves clear now and then, and find out what we feel about familiar scenes and recurring faces this time around.

Brimming, Faces, Glimpse, Life, Loss

Vinnie Jones

I always want to try new things, and 'Mean Machine' has given me that chance. I have got plans to carry on acting and would love to play all sorts of roles - you'll see that there's more strings to my bow!

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C. S. Lewis

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

Inspirational, Miracle, See, Whole, Wisdom, World