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That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

~George Saunders

Topics: Brief Definition Discovered Me Novel Seems Story Way

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For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page.

~George Saunders

Topics: Art Assume Become Bit Definition Dropping Ears First Game Get Go Hint Intelligent Just Little Lot Me Opposed Page Pitch Put Reader Right Three Up Very Where Who Would I Can

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By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.

~George Tenet

Topics: Deals Definition Deliberately Deny Enemies Hidden Hope Intelligence Reveal States United United States Unknown Work

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Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

~George Will

Topics: Definition Experience Hope Know Marriage Over Second Triumph Well You

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To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

~Georges Braque

Topics: Define Definition Itself Substitute Thing

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Politicians are nauseating by definition... They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create value, this total inferiority, makes them jealous, vengeful, insolent and a menace to life and limb.

~Gerhard Richter

Topics: Bread Create Definition Inability Inferiority Insolent Jealous Life Limb Loaf Makes Menace Neither Nor Nothing Picture Politicians Produce Table Them Total Value Vengeful

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