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"'Honour thy father and thy mother' stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness."	Æschylus
"A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. (from Mostly Harmless)"	Douglas Noel Adams
"A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor."	Ring Lardner
"A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident."	W. Somerset Maugham
"A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer."	Dean Gooderham Acheson
"A metaphor is like a simile."	Author Unknown
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be."	Abraham Maslow
"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one."	Baltasar Gracian
"A well written life is almost as rare as a well spent one."	Thomas Carlyle
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."	Josh Billings
"After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live."	Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi
"All good men are happy when they choose to be their own authors. Those who choose to have others edit their pathways, must live on the edge of another man's sword."	Julie Arabi
"Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you."	Cyril Connolley
"America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society."	Peter Kropotkin
"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."	Gustave Flaubert
"As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day."	Van Wyck Brooks
"As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook."	Joseph Conrad
"As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out."	Mark Twain
"As we were driving, we saw a sign that said 'Watch For Rocks.' Marta said it should read 'Watch For PRETTY Rocks.' I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke---just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!"	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."	Robertson Davies
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