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The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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Lincoln
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I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.
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Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2)
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Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.
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Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.
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This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
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Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent, Sazed said quietly.
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You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way. - Breeze
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Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship.
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I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
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You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then? I believe in them all. Vin frowned. None of them contradict each other? Sazed smiled. Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.
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What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?
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The hallmark of insecurity is bravado.
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I've found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you're spending too much.
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I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?
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Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.
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Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?
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Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved.
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Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.
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I strive for nothing if not consistency
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Hmmmm Light makes shadow. Truth makes lies. Hmmmm.
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