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“If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.”
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“A writer's job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as memories.”
Source : John Irving (1978). “The world according to Garp”, Pocket
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“Because I was new to comics, I didn't know what to expect! However, I really like working collaboratively [on Dark Tower series], since I feel that - with so many different imaginations working together - the final product is so much richer. I also feel incredibly lucky to be able to work with such an accomplished and experienced team.”
Source : Source: www.graphicnovelreporter.com
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“In precious opals there might be a dash of red here, a seductive swirl of blue there, and in the center, perhaps, a flirtatious glance of green. But each stone flickers with a unique fire and a good opal is one with an opinion of its own.”
Source : Victoria Finlay (2006). “Jewels: A Secret History”, p.108, Ballantine Books
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“a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.”
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“For centuries, we in the West have thought of ourselves as rational animals whose mental capacities transcend our bodily nature. In this traditional view our minds are abstract, logical, unemotionally rational, consciously accessible, and, above all, able to directly fit and represent the world. Language has a special place in thie view of what a human is - it is a privileged, logical symbol system internal to our minds that transparently expresses abstract concepts that are defined in terms of the external world itself.”
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“Politics is about who wins and loses. The rest is of marginal interest.”
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“For conservation to succeed, we must embrace conservation models where people use their natural resources to create jobs, to grow economies, and to feed their people while protecting wildlife and Africa's iconic species.”