"In science there is a dictum: don't add an experiment to an experiment. Don't make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story."

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Source : Ben Bova (1998). “Twice Seven: Stories”, Eos

Ben Bova

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“Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.”
“Sales managers should track the number of first meetings with "right fit" prospects a sales person is engaged in on a monthly basis...This metric alone will serve as a powerful, early-warning system to sales performance.”
“A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.”
“I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.”
“Anybody who follows me on Twitter or Facebook knows that I'm super into fantasy sports. I like to make money on my sports knowledge basically.”
“How I'd love to get away from here and be someone else for a while in a place where no one knows or expects certain things from me.”
“I slumbered spring's morning and missed the dawn from everywhere, I heard the cry of birds. That night the sound of wind and rain came. Who knows how many petals had fallen?”

Source : Meng Haoran, “Spring Dawn”
“You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.”

Source : Source: gawker.com

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