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Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history.

~Edward Rutherfurd

Topics: About Accurate Challenge Characters Creating Dangerous Fair Fiction Fictional Good Good Story Historical History Hopefully Need Novels Our Record Same Same Time Story Telling Time Weaving Writing

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After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government - for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: After America Being Challenge Check Excess Fear Government Important Journalistic Many Market Most Nationalism News Outlets Period Power Punished Responsibility Role Seen The Most Important

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People make the assumption that you're only interested in one thing based on the most recent thing you've done. But some directors can be pretty promiscuous about their tastes, and that's how I want to challenge myself.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: About Assumption Based Challenge Directors Done How Interested Make Most Myself One Thing Only People Pretty Promiscuous Recent Some Tastes Thing Want You

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To be a poet, it's a challenge to do it in poverty, to do it in wealth. To do it in the academy, to do it in a relationship where you're happy. Everything changes the game. To do it in the awkward state of love, despair, dying. You just have to work it.

~Eileen Myles

Topics: Academy Awkward Challenge Changes Despair Dying Everything Everything Changes Game Happy Just Love Poet Poverty Relationship State Wealth Where Work You

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If a person's self-worth derives from being the only woman in the field, how much affection can she feel toward another woman who might challenge that claim to fame?

~Eileen Pollack

Topics: Affection Another Another Woman Being Challenge Claim Derives Fame Feel Field How How Much Might Much Only Person Self-Worth She Toward Who Woman

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It's a challenge, but every single German or Canadian I want to beat, I still have to love them. That means competing the way God wants me to compete and helping my opponents if they have a need.

~Elana Meyers

Topics: Beat Canadian Challenge Compete Competing Every German God Helping Love Me Means Need Opponents Single Still Them To Love Want Wants Way

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The challenge that I set for myself was to see whether or not plot and structure could coexist, and why it was that we had to always privilege one above the other.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Above Always Challenge Coexist Could Had Myself Other Plot Privilege See Set Structure Whether Why

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Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.

~Eli Broad

Topics: Before Challenge Enjoy Looking Me Moment More Moving Moving On Next Once Rarely Right Someone Sore Success Take Than Winner

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The purpose of a moral philosophy is not to look delightfully strange and counterintuitive or to provide employment to bioethicists. The purpose is to guide our choices toward life, health, beauty, happiness, fun, laughter, challenge, and learning.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Beauty Challenge Choices Employment Fun Guide Happiness Health Laughter Learning Life Look Moral Our Philosophy Provide Purpose Strange Toward

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We need a dose of doubt and a dose of faith, to challenge each other.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Challenge Dose Doubt Each Faith Need Other

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