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At an age when all is known to more gifted assimilators, the plodding experiencers are still making exciting discoveries.

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I thought movie making might be for the twentieth century what cathedral building was for the Middle Ages.

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Writing fiction is an almost certain way of making a fool of yourself.

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When Opal stepped down from the wagon, she gave Hannah a hug and Hannah, who was solid, co-operated by making herself as compressible as possible. The fun in squeezing was, she knew, that something gave.

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The writer must be willing, above everything else, to take chances, to risk making a fool of himself — or even to risk revealing the fact that he is a fool.

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Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a narrow track, and a one-way, but a person might travel a considerable distance on it. A number of dictators have.

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