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Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity of reading over quality of reading. We have no choice, if we want to keep up with the broader culture. Joshua Foer

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I'm not an especially male novelist, but I think men are better at writing about men, and the same is true for women. Reading Saul Bellow is a revelation, but he can't write women. There are exceptions, like Marilynne Robinson's 'Gilead,' but generally, I think it's true. Justin Cartwright

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Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. Ken Livingstone

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When I first started auditioning, I was so, dare I say, desperate and hungry for a job that I pretty much went out for anything my agents sent me with a few exceptions. Lana Condor

Me Desperate Job First Few Say Dare Hungry Out Pretty Exceptions Auditioning Anything Sent Agents Much Started

With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin. Lytton Strachey

Word Few Every Latin Vocabulary Exceptions French Very Straight

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Old Rule Proof Exceptions New Also Always New One

I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect life. Whenever abortion comes up, we get questioned about the exceptions, but no one ever questions the extreme positions on the other side: late-term abortions, no on parental notification. Michael Baumgartner

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In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors don't want to do is edit. It's not nearly as conducive to a successful career as having lunch out with important agents or going to meetings where you get noticed. Michael Korda

You Experience Important Few Lunch Meetings Out One Thing Having Exceptions Most Edit Am Editors Conducive Very Get Going Where The One Thing Want Happens Agents Successful Noticed Nearly Thing Career

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule. Michael Mandelbaum

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There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. Paul Eldridge

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Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews. Pola Negri

Great World Made Reflect Films Press Some Excellent Throughout Exceptions Pictures Box Box Office Course Returns Judging Making Still Reviews Office Artistry Famous Which Hollywood

With rare exceptions, I respond most to painting that cuts across grain rather than following it. I think the artist here can get in touch with that grain rather than simply feel its flow. And he really can't cut right across it anyway. Richard Diebenkorn

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When you got mechanisms in a car that prevent damage from happening to the engine and that operate under very specific circumstances, those things are exceptions under normal operating conditions of the car; under the rules, they need to be disclosed. Sergio Marchionne

There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career. Stephen Collins

Great Great Place Exceptions New York New York Place Many Start Career

If you're unhappy with your circumstances, then change them. Don't blame the government or your boss or the guy down the street who's better looking than you (exceptions include Hugh Jackman and George Clooney). Just take some Pepto-Bismol and be a man (or woman, for all of you bullish feminists). Steven Crowder

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Actors play different characters, so you have to build a new base around each new movie - with few exceptions, most actors don't have a fan base that just follows them around. With musicians, the fan base just goes everywhere they go. Troy Carter

You Musicians Build Few Everywhere Characters Follows Exceptions New Most Around Go Goes Just Different Movie Fan Fan Base Different Characters Them Each Base Actor Play

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of. Viggo Mortensen

Few Ought Exceptions Always Afraid

Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention. Ville Valo

People Few Enough Way Rules Some Exceptions Attention Weird Genres Always Doing Huge Huge Fan Grab Few People Fan Break

Theater is a wonderful medium - I love theater myself, and there are exceptions to every rule - but the thing that motion pictures can do that theater cannot is that in movies, you don't have to rely on dialogue. Vince Gilligan

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