Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of … - Deborah Smith

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I love Goodfellows and I love Nick Palleggi, but no, it's The Godfather, 1 and 2.

Deborah Smith

Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the kind of writing that excites me.

Conservatism, Littles, Mean, Plus, Towards, Writing

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There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re free to float to the moon and evaporate or sink to the bottom of the deepest ocean. But you’re free to explore. Some people confuse that with drifting, I suppose. I like to think of it as growing.

Defined, Inspirational, Like, Ocean, Sink, Thinking

Wish it, believe it, and it will be so.

Believe, Wish

Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.

Getting Older, Look, Looks, People, Young

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay is a stylistically daring writer in love with surrealism, credited with being 'the woman who reintroduced hardcore sexuality to Bengali literature'. But though the (male) establishment used this label of erotica to dismiss her work, the sex scenes have exactly the same transgressive function as her use of chronology and narrative voice.

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Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded!

Excited, Failed, Fearing, Might, Should, Succeeded

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I love Goodfellows and I love Nick Palleggi, but no, it's The Godfather, 1 and 2.

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Let the Jews who claim to be the chosen race prove their title by choosing the way of non-violence for vindicating their position on earth. Every country is their home, including Palestine, not by aggression but by loving service

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Puggy Pearson

Ain't only three things to gambling: knowing the 60-40 end of the proposition, money management, and knowing yourself.

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George H. W. Bush

It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it's just that I'm 71 years old now. It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends. I would tell them that. Don't forget that. In your brilliance, don't turn your back on your friends. Don't think you're entitled to something, you're smarter than the next guy.

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What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon-to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present?

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