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“In Bulgarian I am much more flowery, the sentences are wilder. In English out of necessity I try to be clear and disciplined. I realized by writing in English there is so much more to writing a good story than the style.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“I am a huge believer in the flu vaccine. I have had it every year and have never had the flu.”
Source : Source: www.popsugar.com
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“Society is, and must be, based upon appearances, and not upon the deepest appearances, and not realities.”
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“Faith, then, generically, is confidence in a personal being. Specifically, religious faith is confidence in God, in every respect and office in which He reveals Himself. As that love of which God is the object is religious love, so that confidence in Him as a Father, a Moral Governor, a Redeemer, a Sanctifier, in all the modes of His manifestation, by which we believe whatever He says because He says it, and commit ourselves and all our interests cheerfully and entirely into His hands, is religious faith.”
Source : MARK HOPKINS (1862). “BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES”, p.18
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“What is both surprising and delightful is that the spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game...There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.”
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“To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.”
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“You don't just turn off your feelings for someone, and that's a very hard, sad truth for people. When you're drawn to someone, even if they're not good for you, you feel connected. In a lot of ways.”
Source : "'Carrie Diaries' Boss Answers Finale's Biggest Questions and Talks Season 2". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 08, 2013.
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“He stepped into the morning feeling more alive than he'd felt in months. Hold fast and believe in me, love, he whispered across the centuries. Because love and belief were serious magic in and of themselves.”