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“Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.”
Source : 'The Definition of Love' (1681)
“America is a business. If you can't afford to do something, no matter how much bellyaching everybody does I'm so sorry, if you can't afford it, you shouldn't do it.”
“Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.”
“A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.”
“I want to feel my life while I'm in it.”
“Observermanship is the art of giving the impression that you are with it even though you don't know Latin very well.”
Source : Robert McAfee Brown (1964). “Observer in Rome”
“As far as I'm concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn't know how to integrate that.”
“I'd much rather resign than be pushed.”
Ann Patchett Author
Ed Harris Actor
Elizabeth Strout Author
Fred Schepisi Film director
Jane Smiley Novelist
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Paul Newman Actor
Richard Ford Novelist
Robert Benton Screenwriter