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“Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”

“I recall an incident involving the late George Stigler at a conference in Spain in the 1980s. Hearing that I had written a book on reason and natural law, Stigler started to ridicule reason, going so far as to say that there is as much reason in a monkey's antics as in any human act. At that point I asked him whether he was trying to tell me something about how he wrote his books; he gave me a blank stare and stormed out of the room.”

Trying Humans Book Reason Law Natural Rooms Written Late Hearing Staring Recalls Blank Monkeys Spain Ridicule Conferences Incidents Involving Natural Law Antics Blank Stares

Author:Frank Van Dun

“Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.”

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Author:Anita Roddick

“What is the environmental policy of the Republican Party? When I ask that question, I get a blank stare, if I'm president of the United States, we're going to address climate change and CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.”

“My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction.”

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Book:Dreams From My Father

Source: Dreams From My Father

“Don't underestimate the power of the nonverbal. You'd be amazed how many people come in for interviews with poor posture, weak handshakes, and blank stares.”

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Author:Nicole Williams

“Last night I didn't realize I said "abortion" in my stand up comedy act instead of "circumcision." No wonder I got blank stares at "rabbi got faint at sight of blood."”

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Author:Ben Rosenfield

“When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'”

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Author:Linus Torvalds

“Silverfish looked down. "Oh. Are you a dwarf?" Cuddy gave him a blank stare. "Are you a giant?" he said. "Me? Of course not!" "Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes."”

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Author:Terry Pratchett

“Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.”

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Book:Eldest: Book Two

Source: Eldest: Book Two

“You going to be a scientist when you grow up?” That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got.”

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Book:The subtle knife

Source: The subtle knife

“In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare.”

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Author:Cindy Crawford

“Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.”

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Author:Peter Drucker

“I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.”

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Author:Elliott Smith