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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
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Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above all others: the old Cremo Cigar ad that proclaimed, Spit Is a Horrid Word-but Worse on the end of Your Cigar, and Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles and Avoid that Skunk Taste. You don't get creative writing like that any more.
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Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
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I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
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When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
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God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.
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Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.
