"I try to leave out the parts readers skip."

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Elmore Leonard

#Trying Quotes #Reader Quotes #Skip Quotes

“People should be left to believe what they like, so long as they harm no one else. Apart from normal expectations of politeness, it is not however clear why people should require their personal beliefs to be treated with special sensitivity by others, to the point that if others fail to tip-toe respectfully around them they will start throwing bombs.”

Source : A. C. Grayling (2004). “Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life Without God”, p.130, Oxford University Press, USA
“If you have reservations about the system and want to change it, the democratic argument goes, do so within the system: put yourself forward as a candidate for political office, subject yourself to the scrutiny and the vote of fellow citizens. Democracy does not allow for politics outside the democratic system. In this sense, democracy is totalitarian.”
“I select my technology based on what I need and I also don't take up what I don't feel that I need.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.”
“I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.”

Source : Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.
“Men are like shoes. Some fit better than others. And sometimes you go out shopping and there's nothing you like. And then, as luck would have it, the next week you find two that are perfect, but you don't have the money to buy both."-”

Source : FaceBook post by Janet Evanovich from Feb 13, 2014
“Gather up your telegrams Your faded pictures, best laid plans Books and postcards, 45's Every sunset in the sky Carry with you maps and string, flashlights Friends who make you sing And stars to help you find your place Music, hope and amazing grace Maybe what we leave Is nothing but a tangled little mystery Maybe what we take Is nothing that has ever had a name”

Source : Song: Your Life Story, Album: The Calling
“We can survive as a population only if we conserve, develop sustainably, and protect the world's resources.”

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