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Deborah Pickstone

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Deborah’s Quotes

“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: writing-advice

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“She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.”
― Henry James

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“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: music, philosophy, progress

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“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: poverty, violence

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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

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