"In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them."

-- Gloria Steinem

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“Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three rock bands, and I wrote and staged and acted in plays for kids in my neighborhood. So I was kind of all over the place in my interests and far-flung in terms of where my creativity wanted to end up.”

Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 19)". Interview with Brandon Hobson and Nicolle Elizabeth, logger.believermag.com. December 11, 2013.
“In the construction of a country, it is not the practical workers but the idealists and planners that are difficult to find.”

Source : "Chung-shan Ch'üan-shu (Zhongshan Quanshu), vol. II". Book by Sun Yat-sen, 1936.
“I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right.”
“Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.”
“Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.”

Source : James C. Hunter (2004). “The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader”, p.53, Crown Business
“I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun.”
“I don't think this is a situation where you can say that Congress was avoiding any mention of the tax power. It'd be one thing if Congress explicitly disavowed an exercise of the tax power. But given that it hasn't done so, it seems to me that it's - not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power if it can be upheld on that basis.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.”

Source : Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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