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Lawrence Clark Powell Quotes

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant.

Lawrence Clark Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: September 6, 1906 - March 14, 2001

Topics

Live Die Come And Go Go Need Come

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.

Journalism Judgment Part

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

Beginning Direction Problem Easy Act

When I started in the comic book business, 'Art Of' books were strictly the provenance of the greats, like Rembrandt and Da Vinci. But times change, and so do attitudes. Now the comic is considered an art form, and I hope 'A Life in Words and Pictures' contributes a little to that art form's history.

Life Change Business Hope History

For the poor, learning to manage money well is central to improving their lives.

Learning Money Poor Improving Well

The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.

War Country New Newspaper First Two

I've got to tell you, I haven't received any $500,000 checks lately.

You Tell Got Checks Any Received

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

Milton Friedman

Government Problem Solution Bad

Obviously, in marketing, the best tool is to show the autobiography in fiction. It's inevitable how that happens, but it's generic. Say I've written a story where my sister dies. 'Well, did your sister die?' No, she did not. But people use those straws to grasp at the difference between reality and fiction.

Best People Sister Story Reality

The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.

Best You Find Person Who Thing

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Change Success Failure Direction You

Bacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see.

Rocks See Iron Geology Bacteria

Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses?

People Writing View Remember Say

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