"The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection."

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Source : Elizabeth Drew (1964). “The Literature of Gossip”

Elizabeth Drew

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“The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its time.”

Source : WILKIE COLLINS (1870). “MAN AND WIFE”, p.150
“To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy.”
“The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote.”

Source : "Leland Ryken Interview Differences in Bible Translations". Christian Publishing House Interview, christianpublishinghouse.co. October 10, 2016.
“What is it possible to do well, in physics particularly, if things are not reduced to degrees and measures?”
“I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.”
“The public official must pick his way nicely, must learn to placate though not to yield too much, to have the art of honeyed words but not to seem neutral, and above all to keep constantly audible, visible, likable, even kissable.”
“I was a VJ to begin with, so I had a good year of interviewing artists, but then I would spend half my time being interviewed about half my projects, and the other time, other people. It was good because it made me a better interviewer because I knew what people didn't like being asked, and what they enjoy being asked, so I am super used to it.”
“Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.”

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