I've always loved history and history is collage, it is a juxtaposition of the good and the bad … - Michael Ondaatje

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I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

Michael Ondaatje

I've always loved history and history is collage, it is a juxtaposition of the good and the bad and the strange, and how you place those sentences together changes the whole mood of a history.

Bad, Juxtaposition, Mood, Strange, Together, Whole

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She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

Brought, Clarity, Loved, Reason, Shapes

I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is historian, a bit of a pedant who reminisces or remembers a meeting when the other has passed by innocently…but all parts of the body must be ready for the other, all atoms must jump in one direction for desire to occur.

Atoms, Believe, Direction, Falling In Love, One Direction, Pedant

There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.

Character, Stories, Tests, Feed, Way

Everyone has to scratch on walls somewhere or they go crazy

Crazy, Everyone, Scratches, Wall, Walls

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

Trust, Order, Firsts, Novel, Sentence

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George W. Bush

I'm oftentimes asked, What difference does it make to America if people are dying of malaria in a place like Ghana? It means a lot. It means a lot morally, it means a lot from a -- it's in our national interest.

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Steve Ballmer

I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

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Charles Godfrey Leland

Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise and shine Should seek internal excellence to win. And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind That where they meet they perish. All is fair When they are gone and nought remains behind.

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Rakim

I've been writing for so long I got a lot of different ways to write.

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Meditation is like the moon: it transforms the energy of lust into love, anger into compassion, greed into sharing, aggressiveness into receptivity, ego into humbleness.

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