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Margaret Mitchell quote: "[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse..."
[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents. Margaret Mitchell
and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them I look at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it’s in the Frick which thank heavens you haven’t gone to yet so we can go together the first time Frank O'Hara
Even more alarming were persistent rumors that someone had smuggled an Emotion Amplifier on board 'Mentor'. The so-called joy machines were banned on all planets, except under strict medical control; but there would always be people to whom reality was not good enough, and who would want to try something better. Arthur C. Clarke
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write. Rule Two: Finish What Your Start. Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order. Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market. Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold Robert A. Heinlein
All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook. Aldous Huxley
What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die. Soren Kierkegaard
Pierre Bourdieu quote: "Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a..."
Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity. Pierre Bourdieu
Paulo Coelho quote: "we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except..."
we’re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us Paulo Coelho
Everything was red, the air, the sun, whatever I looked at. Except for him. I fell in love with someone who was human. I watched him walk through the hills and come back in the evening when his work was through. I saw things no woman would see: that he knew how to cry, that he was alone. I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful and he wanted me. He broke me off and took me with him, in his hands, and I didn't care that I was dying... Alice Hoffman
Tr...ooooo...luv...'Fezzik grabbed onto Inigo in panic and they both pivoted, staring at the man in black, who was silent again. '"True love," he said,' Inigo cried. 'You heard him - true love is what he wants to come back for. That's certainly worthwhile.''Sonny, don't you tell me what's worthwhile - true love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. Everybody knows that. William Goldman
Michael Crichton quote: "This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't."
This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't. Michael Crichton
Edmund Burke quote: "There is no safety for honest men except by believing all..."
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke
Astrid Lindgren quote: "But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They..."
But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense. Astrid Lindgren
Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you? Voltaire
With infinite patience she prepared to snare and bind me. She wanted to bring me down to her level; she cared nothing for me, she only wanted me to be hers. She was willing to do everything in the world for me except the one thing I wanted: to leave me alone. W. Somerset Maugham

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