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‘Hey, Buttface,’ and the entire management team turns around?”
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
“Top of the page: the title. Title.” Mr. Dickens mused, head down, rubbing his chin whiskers. “Pip, what’s a rare fine title for a novel that happens half in London, half in Paris?” “A—” I ventured. “Yes?” “A Tale,” I went on. “Yes?!” “A Tale of . . . Two Cities?!” “Madame!” Grandma looked up as he spoke. “This boy is a genius!”
Ray Bradbury • Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
“‘I could carve a better man out of a banana.’”
Kurt Vonnegut • Slaughterhouse-Five
his ridged forehead looks like one of those domed beehives you see representing Industry in medieval woodcuts.
Michael Chabon • The Yiddish Policemen's Union
en-scène
David Foster Wallace • Infinite Jest
“If this isn’t nice, what is?” he said.
Kurt Vonnegut • Timequake
“I’m no genius, but I’m smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.” —Thomas Watson, Sr., Founder of IBM
Shane Parrish • What Can We Learn From the Prolific Mr. Asimov?
David Foster Wallace
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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