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Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.
Rex Stout
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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
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We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.
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Every book takes me from 35 to 41 days to write. I don't know why that is. I've tried to get it down to 30 or 31, depending on the length of the month, but it won't work. I don't drink while I'm writing because it fuddles my logical processes, but when I finish a book I go down to the kitchen and pour myself a big belt.
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The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.
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To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.
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No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, and knows how to renounce it gracefully.
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I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.
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I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
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It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.
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Sometimes it's things that take the joy out of life, like a blowout when you're hitting sixty or a button coming off of a shirt when you're in a hurry, but usually it's people.
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As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
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In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.
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Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.
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