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What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers. ↗

— Logan Pearsall Smith

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I want my name to mean me. ↗

— Mark Haddon

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Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together." Brene Brown ↗

— Brené Brown

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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. ↗

— Alan Moore

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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. ↗

— Martha Beck

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The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

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Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce. ↗

— Lou Barletta

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