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And I here make a rule-a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting-only the deeply per...more

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The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of the same...more

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I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as we...more

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Some people think it’s an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well.

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It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the ...more

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And I feel that I am a man. And I feel that a man is a very important thing - maybe more important than a star. This is not theology. I have no bent t...more

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It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my name, I might have calle...more

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I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one, that has frightened and inspired us, so that we live in a Pearl White serial of continui...more

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In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layer of frailty men want to be good and want be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attem...more

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The weight of knowledge is too great for one mind to absorb.