Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain … - Ellen Glasgow

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I think every film is somehow a political film. You show a perspective and a world that has logic, and that logic is inserted into a political environment, and it means something. Yes, why not?

Ellen Glasgow

Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature.

Art, Perfection, Enough, Novel, Nature

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It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.

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The truth is I've got the land on my back, an' it's drivin' me. Land is a hard driver.

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And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?

Contentment, Dwelt, Land, Nature

Nothing, except the weather report or a general maxim of conduct, is so unsafe to rely upon as a theory of fiction.

Fiction, Nothing, Rely, Rely Upon, Unsafe, Weather

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.

Being Honest, Honest, Life, Literature, Popular

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow. It could be with art, a sculpture, music or even in science. The difference, however, between scientific creativity and any other kind of creativity, is that no matter how long you wait, no one else will ever compose "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" except for Beethoven. No matter what you do, no one else will paint Van Gogh's "Starry Night. " Only Van Gogh could do that because it came from his creativity.

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We got almost the entire team coming back; we only had two seniors last year. We plan not just on making it back, but on taking the next step.

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I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.

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