There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period. ― Matthew Reilly, Area 7

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You can't be all things to all people. ~ Michael Porter

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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist.

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He who has talent in him must be purer in soul than anyone else. Another will be forgiven much, but to him it will not be forgiven. A man who leaves the house in bright, festive clothes needs only one drop of mud splashed from under a wheel, and people all surround him, point their fingers at him, and talk about his slovenliness, while the same people ignore many spots on other passers-by who are wearing everyday clothes. For on everyday clothes the spots do not show.

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mmmm, space stuff ― Matthew Reilly

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Holy shit, she thought. The dragons are throwing cars at me! ― Matthew Reilly, The Great Zoo of China

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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” — Walter Bagehot

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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. —Earl Nightingale

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To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash. — Bill Nye

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People forget facts, but they remember stories. —Joseph Campbe

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