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When reading fiction, we cannot automatically assume that what we read is fact.

~Celeste Ng

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When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

~Charles De Lint

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People always assume I went to public school, which I didn't, so that immediately puts me somewhere.

~Charlie Brooker

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I think you just assume that your memory is just sort of a video playback of your experience, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a complete refabrication of an event and a lot of it is made up, because you're filling in spaces.

~Charlie Kaufman

Topics: Assume Because Complete Event Experience Filling Just Like Lot Made Memory Nothing Sort Spaces Think Up Video You Your I Think

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The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

~Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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I would assume most people hate my character. But I'm hoping that I'm the character you love to hate.

~Charlotte Ross

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I'm usually too shy to write on planes because I assume that everyone on board is as nosy as I am and will look over my shoulder and read what I'm writing.

~Chelsea Cain

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When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed writers' workshop MFA program at the University of Iowa. I didn't. I got a master's in journalism.

~Chelsea Cain

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I read a lot fewer thrillers than I think people assume I do.

~Chelsea Cain

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As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind. Throughout my struggle to secure national freedom for China, I have continuously dreamed of the day when she would assume the full stature of an independent, democratic nation.

~Chiang Kai-Shek

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