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Quote by Graham Swift
The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but

The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur. – Graham Swift

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In my work you often get an abrupt shift in time, a jolt. But the emotional logic will take the reader on. I hope. I trust. After all, our memories do not work with any sequential logic. – Graham Swift

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Trust
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When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it. – Graham Swift

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alone
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10 was amazing! I had no career before 10 and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much whatever I was able to do in the business. – Bo Derek

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I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: 60s. It was a sort of little revolution the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated. – Valentino Garavani

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My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. Im not saying Im going to get anywhere close. Its not going to be an easy feat. Im just in awe of their careers. – Dylan OBrien

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Do you like my suit? I think this is an amazing suit, dont you think? – Tom Selleck

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