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Whenever I run out of material I read my critics: they are my most reliable sources of inspiration. As long as they are around (and may the Good Lord keep and preserve them) I will not know what writer’s block is.
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Once in my salad days when I contradicted a fellow Armenian with some degree of vehemence, he said, "You may be right" with complete indifference, smiled, and turned his back on me.
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That's when I learned an important lesson: in an argument let the facts speak for themselves. No need to assert the moral strength of your argument. Moral strength may color your perception of reality and thus weaken your position.
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Julian Barnes (b. 1946), English writer: "The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously."Comment
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Maya Angelou (b. 1928), U.S. poet: "Life is a xxxxx. You've got to go out and kick ass."Comment
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You begin to grow up on the day you realize not everyone who is against you is wrong, and not everyone who dislikes you has poor taste.Comment
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ON EDUCATION
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We should teach our children to say:
“I disagree with what you say,
but I will neither raise my voice
nor go down into the gutter to prove you wrong.”
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The right word at the right time
can be as effective as a hammer-blow to the head.
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ON BEING A MINOR SCRIBBLER
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One of the advantages is that
no one will ever bother writing
his reminisces of you
and expose to the world
the kind of xxxx you were.
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Socrates and Christ have taught me, to say what must be said can be a capital offense.Comment
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It has been said that the sensitive person
is always at the mercy of the rude.
Something similar could be said of the wise
and the loud-mouth ignoramus.
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