#cal

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. ↗

— Saul Bellow

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It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews. ↗

— Monica Bellucci

#cross #jesus #jews #killed #political

But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ↗

— Pat Benatar

#circus #day #every #every day #heart

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#appearance #artificial #background #book #calculated

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#call #door #drum #free #hotel

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

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There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#called #continually #divine #forever #lives

Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. ↗

— William Bennett

#against #attention #avoid #business #call

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#chord #creative #melody #musical #our

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling. ↗

— Amber Benson

#always #call #chess #chess game #creative