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John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

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Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for...

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Anthony Hope: I wish you...

Anthony Hope: I wish you...

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

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Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

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John Sterling: There is no...

John Sterling: There is no...

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man...

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Judith Guest: To have a...

Judith Guest: To have a...

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A...

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Judith Rossner: So often I...

Judith Rossner: So often I...

So often I heard people paying blind obeisance to change as though it had some virtue of its own. Change or we will...

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Sloan Wilson: It is impossible...

Sloan Wilson: It is impossible...

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by...

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Alex Haley: In the bush,...

Alex Haley: In the bush,...

In the bush, trust no one you don't know.'

Source: Roots, 1977.
-- Alex Haley,...

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Margaret Cho: I have learned...

Margaret Cho: I have learned...

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I...

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Fred Allen: A conference is...

Fred Allen: A conference is...

A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be...

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Fred Astaire: I have no...

Fred Astaire: I have no...

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I...

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Marvin Gaye: Negotiating means getting...

Marvin Gaye: Negotiating means getting...

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Joan Didion: A place belongs...

Joan Didion: A place belongs...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes...

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Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

Joan Baez: The easiest kind...

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with...

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David Garrick: The boughs that...

David Garrick: The boughs that...

The boughs that bear most hang lowest.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Career is too...

Barbara Stanwyck: Career is too...

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love...

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Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Meryl Streep: Don't let your...

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -- don't let...

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Joan Crawford: What people want...

Joan Crawford: What people want...

What people want me to be.

Source: When asked, What do YOU want to be?; in American...

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Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in...

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