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Before I wrote my first novel, 'The Expats,' I spent nearly two decades at various arms of publishing houses such as Random House, Workman, and HarperCollins, mostly as an acquisitions editor. But a more accurate title for that job might be rejection editor: while I acquired maybe a dozen projects per year, I'd reject hundreds upon hundreds.

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This election is a critical step in that overall plan - transforming the Iraqi government into a fully constitutional one, able to secure its own borders and ensure the safety of its citizens.

John M. McHugh

GovernmentStepSafetyPlanElection

A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.

Max Beerbohm

EyesLostHalfHerHeartsMany

I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store.

Ann Kirkpatrick

UpRuralArizonaGeneralStoreGrew

The reality is that you think you're going to have all this time out here, to do all this stuff, and the truth of the matter is, you just don't. If we're on the road, and we stay in the city we're in, I'm going to try to get up in the morning and get a workout in.

Trisha Yearwood

MorningTruthTimeCityRoadThink

The United Nations was founded 70 years ago, at the end of World War II. Since that time, Japan has steadfastly walked the path of peace and rebuilt a nation. And, since the mid-1950s onward, we have actively worked to share our experience of development with other nations, especially in Asia.

Shinzo Abe

PathTimeExperiencePeaceWarEnd

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

Tom Stoppard

PowerResponsibilityHouseIllusion

If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.

Mary Pierce

GoodBestFeelBodyBackPlay

I don't like to brag, but I must tell you that I am regarded in some circles as being in the upper echelons of the elite loony left.

Michael Leunig

I AmYouTellCirclesEliteLeft

I don't care what other people think. I hate conforming, that you have to wear this to a business meeting or that to a dinner. I've never worked that way.

Juergen Teller

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Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.

Little Richard

PeopleNightSongBlackThoughtBoy

My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.

Jason Biggs

PeopleYouNowMeetMeanDifficult

I don't think a player like Messi is a selfish player.

Antonio Conte

SelfishThinkLikePlayerMessi

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