Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
J. G. Ballard
Recitation: by Male by Female
We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune.
Joe Biden
ThinkSandCountryTransitionRock
If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days.
John Aubrey
DayDeathHappyBetterWhyBirth
But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall.
Anna Benson
WorkMarriageEffortPeopleEgoYou
I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.
John Zorn
HappinessChildrenSayWhyTortured
I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.
Steve Guttenberg
BusinessGratefulLuckyVery
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
Alvin Toffler
ChangeFutureManOverwhelmedShock
My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic.
Shuji Nakamura
WorkDreamBigElectronicsLike
My position in the army is as sport instructor. This allows me generous time off for travel and competition. I also receive a monthly salary from the army.
Roman Sebrle
TimeTravelCompetitionMeArmyOff
It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism.
Mary Ritter Beard
LongJournalismMoreAgreeSure
For greed all nature is too little.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
NatureGreedLittleToo
I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!
Louis Leakey
MomentTreeMeOverUpSaw
Nothing has been easy for me... I've always had to work for everything I've gotten and everything I've accomplished.
Ashley Wagner
WorkMeEasyNothingEverythingHad
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