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A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#i #i am #man #needed #only

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#because #feel #i #i am #i feel

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#always #comes #disparaging #extent #gilt

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#advantage #changing #common #contribute #controlling

For me it was just important to play my game and believe until the end. Even now, Venus is not in the top 10, but you can still feel she can be back again. ↗

— Elena Vesnina

#back #believe #end #even #even now

Contrary to the myth that Mr. Bush cut taxes only for the wealthy, the 2001 tax cut reduced taxes for every income-tax payer in the country. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#contrary #country #cut #every #mr

I don't watch the show - only bits and pieces of all of them. The only one I sat through was the pilot. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#bits and pieces #i #only #pieces #pilot

Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#come #come and go #comfort #double-edged #double-edged sword

We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II. ↗

— John Thune

#any #economy #end #entire #ii

So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true! ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#age #am #anyone #ask #business