No author can create a character out of nothing. He must have a model to give him a … - W. Somerset Maugham

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It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.

W. Somerset Maugham

No author can create a character out of nothing. He must have a model to give him a starting point; but then his imagination goes to work, he builds him up, adding a trait here, a trait there, which his model did not possess.

Adding, Builds, Character, Giving, Possess, Writing

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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Change, Changing, Life, Love, Same

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

Ask, Change, Delight, Foolish, World

Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material. . . Don't wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.

Come, Experience, Matter, Mistake, Wait, Waiting

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

Book, Construct, Life, Miseries, Reading, Refuge

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.

Believe, Guarantee, Guarantees, People, Truth

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When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food. . . but I also grew up with a Greek family; when other kids were eating fried okra, we were eating steamed artichokes. So I think it played a big part in my healthy cooking.

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John Flanagan

You're right, Halt,' she said, and he nodded acklowledgement of her backing down. 'Nice to hear someone else saying that for a change,' Will said cheerfully. 'Seems like I've said those words an awful lot in my time. ' Halt turned a bleak gaze on him. 'And you've always been right.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.

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William H. Macy

Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.

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Dreamers of dreams may be pathfinders; but they may be mere vagrants. Of those who depart from the pavements, only a few are explorers: the rest are mere jaywalkers

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