"Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meagre."
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"France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier."
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"Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice."
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"A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought."
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"The world may be known Without leaving the house."
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"Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving the house."
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"Maybe everything really does just have an expiration date--one that you can't see until she tells you she's leaving, and then she's gone."
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"I don't know how you can justify leaving any engagement behind in the social Web of 2011."
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"I can't think that leaving Earth once is enough."
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"I love learning. I tend to stop doing things once I get good at them, and to try something else I'm not as good at, leaving a bunch of fans going, "But he was really good at that. Why isn't he still doing it?""
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"Are you ever afraid to go to sleep? Afraid of what comes next?” He smiles a sad little smile and I swear it’s like he knows. “Sometimes I’m afraid of what I’m leaving behind,” he says."
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"Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry."
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"I wonder whether she was sorry for leaving us behind."
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"All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie. She was learning to love."
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"After leaving ImageMovers, I sold two pitches to Fox Atomic, which I then wrote for them."
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"The creators of kids' media had no idea they were leaving out that many female characters. They were in utter shock that the worlds they were creating were so bereft of female presences."
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"We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are fewer great parts for women."
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"Perforation! Shout it out! The deliberate punctuated weakening of paper and cardboard so that it will tear along an intended path, leaving a row of fine-haired pills or tuftlets on each new edge! It is a staggering conception, showing an age-transforming feel for the unique properties of pulped wood fiber."
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"That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way."
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"An empty shell. Those were the first words that sprang to mind. .... Something incredibly important - .. - had disappeared from Miu for good. Leaving behind not life, but its absence"
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