Quote by China Mieville
But I do think its important to remember that writers do not have

But I do think its important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. – China Mieville

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I think theres something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real. – China Mieville

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I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth – they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didnt feel fair. – China Mieville

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Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. – William Dean Howells

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. – Francis Bacon

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Ive always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. – Peter Jennings

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If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king. – Orson Pratt

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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active not passive observers. – James Humes

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A collection of a hundred Great brains makes one big fathead. – Carl Gustav Jung

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When a man takes an oath…,hes holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then- he neednt hope to find himself again. – Robert Bolt

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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. – Proverb

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