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A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.' ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket. ↗

— Marge Piercy

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We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector. ↗

— Donald T. Regan

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Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive? ↗

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

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For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

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I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation. ↗

— Will Smith

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Looking back, I'm almost happy I lost that fight. Just imagine if I would have come back to Germany with a victory. I had nothing to do with the Nazis, but they would have given me a medal. After the war I might have been considered a war criminal. ↗

— Max Schmeling

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But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director. ↗

— Mel Smith

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I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director. ↗

— Mel Smith

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