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• A good zoo," Stella said, "is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam and humans who don't hurt." She pauses, considering her words. "A good zoo is how humans make amends.

  Katherine Applegate

  Hurt, Zoos, Rooms

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• Well,” Naomi said cheerfully, “what’s the worst that can happen?” They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook.

  Rachel Caine

  Ideas, Silent, Possibility

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Last Breath: The Morganville Vampires”, p.51, Penguin

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• I have not been able to discover whether there exists a precise French equivalent for the common Anglo-American expression 'killing time.' It's a very crass and breezy expression, when you ponder it for a moment, considering that time, after all, is killing us.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Expression, Able, Common

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays”, p.98, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.

  Sarah Dessen

  Trying, Looks, Like You

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• Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

  Ouida

  Selfish, People, Wish

  Ouida (2016). “Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida”, p.408, Ouida

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• Can I ask you a question?" "You already have." He paused, considering. "Can I ask you two questions, then?" "You already have.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Two, Asks

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.59, Scholastic Inc.

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• If I ever think you are even considering leaving me again, no matter how good you reasons, I'll have you locked in your rooms and the doors barricaded, so help me God." He lifted her foot and began to dry it. Her voice shaking, Whitney asked, "Will you stay locked in there with me?" He raised her dainty foot to his jaw and tenderly laid his cheek against it, then turned his head and kissed it. "Yes," he whispered. -Clayton Westmoreland

  Judith McNaught

  Thinking, Doors, Voice

  Judith McNaught (2016). “Whitney, My Love”, p.655, Simon and Schuster

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• I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say 'We eat the chicken now!' but the magus had seen that I was considering it.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Enough Said, Thrones, Purses

  "A Conspiracy of Kings". Book by Megan Whalen Turner, 2010.

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• When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

  Robin Hobb

  Men, Remember You, Remembers You

  "Assasin's Apprentice". Book by Robin Hobb, 1995.

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• The human reached inside Wrath’s jacket and started pulling out weapons. Three throwing stars, a switchblade, a handgun, a length of chain. “Jesus Christ,” the cop muttered as he dropped the steel links on the ground with the rest of the load. “You got some ID? Or wasn’t there enough room in here for a wallet, considering you’re carrying about thirty pounds of concealed weapons?

  J.R. Ward

  Jesus, Stars, Wrath

  J. R. Ward (2011). “Dark Lover: Number 1 in series”, p.90, Hachette UK

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• He has no clue that I have the patience of a saint. At least that's what Carlos says, although that isn't saying much, considering his fuse is about as short as an eyelash.

  Simone Elkeles

  Eyelashes, Saint, Clue

  Simone Elkeles (2012). “Chain Reaction”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• Happily for me, ninety-nine percent of all human life is spent simply repeating the same old actions, speaking the same tired clichés, moving like a zombie through the same steps of the dance we plodded through yesterday and the day before and the day before. It seems horribly dull and pointless-but it really makes a great deal of sense. After all, if you only have to follow the same path every day, you don't need to think at all. Considering how good humans are at any mental process more complicated than chewing, isn't that the best for everybody?

  Jeff Lindsay

  Moving, Tired, Thinking

  Jeff Lindsay (2011). “Double Dexter: Dexter Morgan (6)”, p.36, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?

  Henry Rollins

  Motivation, Artist, Years

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• You could think about Vietnam and at some point in time about Nigeria. And then you head to South America: Argentina, Columbia, Peru. Probably not all of them will have an F1 race, but they are definitely considering events.

  Martin Sorrell

  Thinking, Race, America

  Source: www.formula1.com

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• I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.

  Tom Hollander

  Real, Silly, People

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• When I'm thinking about going on a date with some guy or considering liking him, it really doesn't matter what they do or how that affects my career.

  Taylor Swift

  Thinking, Careers, Guy

  "Q&A: Taylor Swift's "Fearless" approach to stardom". Associated Press Interview, www.philstar.com. May 29, 2009.

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• I feel good... considering I managed to wake up.

  Ivan Slavkov

  Feel Good, Wake Up, Bulgaria

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• I think the editorial page of the Washington Post is the best in the country. I think the editorials - considering it's a liberal town, liberal constituency and from the liberal tradition - I think it's the best editorial page around. It's quite balanced.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Country, Thinking, Pages

  The NewsBusters Interview, www.newsbusters.org. September 18, 2012.

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• It takes a minute for me to let my guard down, but once I do and I get to know someone, I'm very open, very trusting. Some might say too trusting, because considering the amount of money that can be made from selling gossip, I could be very easily taken advantage of.

  Anne Hathaway

  Taken, Gossip, Might

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• Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hands, Execution, Trouble

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.201, Applewood Books

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• When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of the models they feature are in their twenties.

  Joan Collins

  Twenties, Playboy, Models

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• I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Thinking, Keys

  "Former Vice President Dick Cheney on 'Hannity'". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. December 9, 2009.

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• Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits posted online for all to see are something absolutely other, uniquely themselves compared to canonical short stories, for example, and so it'd probably be best to call it something other than "online lit" since I honestly think very little of it can compare to so-called "literature."

  Lee Klein

  Humorous, Thinking, Example

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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• To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud of, considering the obstacles placed in your path if you are gay.

  Dan Savage

  Gay, Proud, Path

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Discipline, as understood by a warrior, is creative, open, and produces freedom. It is the ability to face the unknown, transforming the feeling of knowing into reverent astonishment; of considering things that exceed the scope of our habits, and daring to face the only war that is worthwhile: The battle for awareness.

  Carlos Castaneda

  War, Knowing, Discipline

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