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Writing takes gall. I like to think that's true even for writers with several books under their belt, writers who have been doing it for years. It takes something - guts, gumption, self-delusion - to ask for a reader's time when we all know there's nothing new under the sun; that it's all been said, or written, before.

Rumaan Alam

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Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Jimmy Breslin

MediocrityMedia

At the heart of every story is conflict - whether external or internal, make it a good one, and remember that this problem is going to shape your character, leaving her forever changed.

Jennifer McMahon

GoodCharacterHeartConflictStory

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

John Dryden

FearDeathKnowNothingWhere

There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. 'I heartily endorse the Conservative Party' would be one. 'I look forward to Justin Bieber's new record' would be another.

John Niven

YourselfWritingForwardYouLook

We know what the customer wants, and so we're buying in a totally different way.

Matthew Williamson

CustomerKnowWayBuyingDifferent

If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college.

John W. Gardner

FreedomMoneyCollegeStupidChoices

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.

Tom Holt

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I love to play horrible, evil, mean people.

Mary Steenburgen

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It's very hard to say I'm surrealist. It's like saying I'm poetic. It's not something you want necessarily to be aware of.

Michel Gondry

SayingYouSayWantHardSomething

My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing the plains to avoid the dust. However, he always arrived at his destination and did his share of the work.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

WorkWalkDestinationMy OwnDust

It's my view that solar energy may be the ultimate solution for energy for most of the world. I believe, based on what little I know about it, that there is a possibility of a breakthrough.

Donald Bren

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Sure we're in limos. We're stars. How else is a star supposed to travel?

Deion Sanders

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