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I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject. ↗

— David Maraniss

#am #arc #beginning #book #carry

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments. ↗

— Rudolph A. Marcus

#aspects #became #began #best #bring

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul. ↗

— Mary Ellen Mark

#after #direct #doing #honest #i

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present. ↗

— Chris Marker

#cross-section #history #i #insofar #interest

I collect action figures, mostly. I have a Batman room, with just Batman stuff, and I have a Disney collection. ↗

— Jason Marsden

#batman #collect #collection #disney #figures

The transponder requirements have three major sections, namely the chip; the antenna; and the assembly of the chip and the antenna onto the goods being labelled. ↗

— Mike Marsh

#assembly #being #chip #goods #labelled

Once there were two brothers: one ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice-President-and nothing was ever heard from either of them again. ↗

— Thomas R. Marshall

#away #brothers #either #elected #ever

It's too bad for us 'literary' enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless - pictures tell any story more effectively than words. ↗

— William Moulton Marston

#bad #effectively #enthusiasts #literary #more

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#been #course #effective #enough #good

I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#author #i #i am #see #seeing