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Nancy Astor: I used to...

Nancy Astor: I used to...

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that...

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Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of...

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Elie Wiesel: Not to transmit...

Elie Wiesel: Not to transmit...

Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

Source: In Christian Science...

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Richard Bach: [T]here is such...

Richard Bach: [T]here is such...

[T]here is such a thing as perfection . . . and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth ....

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Lillian Smith: Education is a...

Lillian Smith: Education is a...

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with...

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Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually...

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Edward Hoagland: Men often compete...

Edward Hoagland: Men often compete...

Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a...

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Edward Hoagland: The question of...

Edward Hoagland: The question of...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded...

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Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

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Sir Walter Besant: Youth is a...

Sir Walter Besant: Youth is a...

Youth is a wonderful thing what a crime to waste it on children.

Source: In...

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Alex Haley: I look...

Alex Haley: I look...

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others...

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Alan Brien: Violence is the...

Alan Brien: Violence is the...

Violence is the repartee of the illiterate.

Source: In Punch, 7 Feb 1973.
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Toni Morrison: As you enter...

Toni Morrison: As you enter...

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

Source:...

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Toni Morrison: If there's a...

Toni Morrison: If there's a...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write...

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Lawrence Durrell: History is an...

Lawrence Durrell: History is an...

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

Source: The Listener,...

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Clive Barker: It is great...

Clive Barker: It is great...

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is...

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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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Romain Rolland: Every man, every...

Romain Rolland: Every man, every...

Every man, every art, has its hypocrisy. The world is fed with little and many lies.

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Carlos Fuentes: If the Soviet...

Carlos Fuentes: If the Soviet...

If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the...

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Judith Viorst: Superstition is foolish,...

Judith Viorst: Superstition is foolish,...

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational -- but how much does it cost you to knock on...

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