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| * Divine Comedy * "The secret of getting things done is to act!" * Follow your path, and let the people talk. * "He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it." * "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. |
Dante Aleghieri (1265 – 14 September 1321)
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| It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone. |
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| The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. |
Ahmad Shah Massoud (2 September 1953 – 9 September 2001)
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| Sicily has suffered 13 foreign dominations from which she has taken both the best and the worst. |
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| I write short, my words tight to the thread of the narrative. |
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| Making History (1992) Paperweight (1996) |
Stephen Fry * 24 August 1957
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| The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout. |
