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Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing. ↗

— Louise Brown

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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ↗

— Buddha

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And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. ↗

— John Burroughs

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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. ↗

— Jackie Collins

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Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers. ↗

— John Churton Collins

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We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

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