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The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged. ↗

— Robert Morgan

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I've always thought that the balance between the side of my mind that knows what it is doing and the side that really hasn't got a clue has to be carefully maintained because if you write too knowingly then you get chilly, and if you write too unknowingly you write bollocks that nobody else can understand. ↗

— Andrew Motion

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Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. ↗

— Plutarch

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Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block. ↗

— John Tenniel

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Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. ↗

— Edward Cocker

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Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that. ↗

— Kevin Costner

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Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore. ↗

— Fran Drescher

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Before beginning, plan carefully. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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