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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone Quotes
On the someones who shape a moment.
This page includes praise for a steady presence who doesn't panic under pressure, and a note on a fictional character built to feel relatable even in impossible circumstances. For similar reflections, see Know.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Madness
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never apologise for not being someone else. You're bound to find something you're good at, even if it's only writing stories.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is writing to me. I'm incapable of saying no to any writing job, so I've done everything - historical fiction, myths, fairy tales, anything that anybody expresses any interest in me writing, I'll write. It's the same reason I used to read as a child: I like going somewhere else and being someone else.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been afraid to make a polite ask to someone.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else - an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is complete only to be imaginary.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never turned down an autograph request. I've never not taken a picture with someone.
- Charted
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020