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Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe.
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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Fascism is a lie told by bullies.
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If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.
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But perhaps he had enough animal strength and detached intelligence that he could make another start.
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If a writer stops observing, he is finished.
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For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.
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