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Jonathan Dee

"That's really the essence of what any fiction writer does. Some of it is research-based, but most of it is a really long-term, imaginative, empathetic effort to see the world the way someone whose experiences remote from yours might see it. Not every writer works that way; some writers make a wonderful career out of writing books that adhere very closely to how they view the world. The further I go with this, the more interested I get in trying to imagine my way into other perspectives that at first seem foreign to me."

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Jonathan Dee

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“Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.”
“We try to prevent the creation of artificial rents. Rather than setting up quotas to stop imports we levy a tariff, that would be better. Or we pay wages in the public sector which are roughly equivalent to the productivity in the private sector and we don't therefore make it a special benefit to get a bureaucratic position.”

Source : Source: www.aims.ca
“There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important.”
“Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator”

Source : "Dean Ornish Talks Lifestyle As Treatment At NYC’s Integrative Healthcare Symposium". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 12, 2012.
“You're going to reap just what you sow”
“Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.”
“Like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones.”

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