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But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. ↗

— Stephen King

#basic #basic elements #change #choose #elements

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#between #collapse #concerned #conflict #deeply

No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try. ↗

— David Sedaris

#connor #dialect #even #should #than

The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward. ↗

— John Knowles

#distinct #ever #exeter #experienced #i

Music is the key to the female heart. ↗

— Johann G. Seume

#heart #key #music

Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return. ↗

— Yitzhak Shamir

#gaza #gone #israel #jerusalem #return

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears. ↗

— Charles Simeon

#broken #could #ever #far #heart

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#building #built #business #companies #competition

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#inhale #long #right #you

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#me #music #sale