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“I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis. You know, they kind of look the same.”
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“The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.”
Source : Looking Backward, 2000 - 1887 ch. 9 (1888)
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“Oh, why must a man like that be made unhappy when there are lots of girls about who would worship the very ground he trod on?”
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“The writer must always leave room for the characters to grow and change. If you move your characters from plot point to plot point, like painting by the numbers, they often remain stick figures. They will never take on a life of their own. The most exciting thing is when you find a character doing something surprising or unplanned. Like a character saying to me: ‘Hey, Richard, you may think I work for you, but I don’t. I’m my own person.’”
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“Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.”
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“Your lips are like wine, and I want to get drunk.”
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“I love constructive criticism. I love getting notes when I'm acting. I love them telling me what to do. I don't always agree with it, but I really need it.”
Source : Interview with Jane Marie, believermag.com. January 1, 2015. 
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“And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at istelf and dies with the doer of it! but Good, never.”
