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Great writers are the saints for the godless.


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Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.



Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.



Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.



Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.



Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.



Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.



You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.



The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.



Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.

Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.



A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.





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I curse the heavens for letting the stars fall, I curse myself for not being there to catch them.



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All unnatural control systems have a key element in their intricate composition – the fatality that they will naturally collapse.



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I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future.



There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course, Cary Grant. But, there's also an Italian actor I admire a great deal: Alberto Sordi.

There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course, Cary Grant. But, there's also an Italian actor I admire a great deal: Alberto Sordi.



Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.

Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.



One feature film that I am most proud of is Forrest Gump which starred Tom Hanks. Once you are called out to work in film, yes it is a small industry and your name gets around pretty fast.

One feature film that I am most proud of is Forrest Gump which starred Tom Hanks. Once you are called out to work in film, yes it is a small industry and your name gets around pretty fast.



You have to grow. If not you're then living in regret and you're living in the past and you're not progressing forward. And I learned the mistakes that I made and they made me stronger.

You have to grow. If not you're then living in regret and you're living in the past and you're not progressing forward. And I learned the mistakes that I made and they made me stronger.



A cat's New Year dream is mostly a bird! Don't be like a cat; in New Year Dream something that you have never dreamed! Target for new things.

A cat's New Year dream is mostly a bird! Don't be like a cat; in New Year Dream something that you have never dreamed! Target for new things.



You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you.

You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you.



So there's only one tactic for the state: kill the seers.

So there's only one tactic for the state: kill the seers.




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