#pen

All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

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I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#doing #i #life #lot #me

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#bit #bold #business #chances #cool

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. ↗

— Gunter Grass

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Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are. ↗

— Luis Gutierrez

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As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up. ↗

— Tom Hanks

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You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

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