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“You can rescue a woman from a dragon - because you can go slay the dragon - but you can't rescue a woman from herself.”
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“I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.”
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“Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!”
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“Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.”
Source : 'Epigrammata' bk. 1, no. 15
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“If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.”
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“The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.”
Source : Frederick Law Olmsted (1856). “A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on Their Economy”, p.115
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“Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.”
Source : W. Eugene Smith (1969). “W. Eugene Smith, his photographs and notes”
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“Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best performance and is necessary, but it must be controlled. I believe Fedor [Emelianenko] does that. I do too. We may look different in how we do it, but we both do it.”