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I do think that there's art that is tortured, but I prefer art that has the joy in it.
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In order to be a good writer, you've got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer's arsenal.
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I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?
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Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.
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Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.
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Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.
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It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.
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Herbalife has been a part of the most challenging expeditions that I've done and the products have become a really critical and ongoing part my diet.
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Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
