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«You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.»
«In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man»
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
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Essayist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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About:
Genius,
World
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Keywords:
evolution,
excepting,
geniuses,
one species,
preside,
presided,
presiding,
primitive,
There exists
«We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.»
Author: Max Depree
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About:
Chance,
Dogs,
Mankind,
World
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Keywords:
alliance,
Amid,
excepting,
forms,
not absolutely,
planet,
surround,
The Dog,
The Forms
«This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.»
Author: Neil Gaiman
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Children's author,
Comics writer,
Journalist,
Novelist,
Screenwriter)
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Keywords:
casting,
characters,
Characters in,
doubts,
excepting,
fairy,
fiction,
folk,
imaginary,
imaginary being,
offend,
thereof,
The characters,
This is a,
unwise
«Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?»
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Critic,
Poet,
Writer)
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Keywords:
Crusoe,
Don,
donning,
Don Quixote,
excepting,
pilgrim,
readers,
Robinson,
Robinson Crusoe,
wished
«I have drawn into myself so much that I literally do not see any other people anymore-- excepting the peasants with whom I have direct contact, since I paint them.»
«All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.»