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Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous.

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Tobias Wolff

When your power comes from others, on approval, you are their slave. Never sacrifice yourselves - never! Whoever urges you to self-sacrifice is worse than a common murderer, who at least cuts your throat himself, without persuading YOU to do it.

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Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

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We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.

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Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

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A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.

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One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.

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