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Erich Segal: [They] glanced at...

Erich Segal: [They] glanced at...

[They] glanced at one another like tigers taking measure of a menacing new rival.

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Channing Pollock: Two things are...

Channing Pollock: Two things are...

Two things are as big as the man who possesses them -- neither bigger nor smaller. One is a moment, the other a...

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S J Perelman: Love is not...

S J Perelman: Love is not...

Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

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Channing Pollock: The important thing...

Channing Pollock: The important thing...

The important thing is to use today wisely and well, and face tomorrow eagerly and cheerfully and with the certainty...

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E B White: From three to...

E B White: From three to...

From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be...

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E B White: I sometimes doubt...

E B White: I sometimes doubt...

I sometimes doubt that a writer should refine or improve his workroom by so much as a dictionary: one thing leads to...

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E B White: A poet's pleasure...

E B White: A poet's pleasure...

A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from...

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George Ade: One man's poison...

George Ade: One man's poison...

One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Ade: Nothing is improbable...

George Ade: Nothing is improbable...

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George Ade: Anybody can win,...

George Ade: Anybody can win,...

Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.

Source: In The World's...

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Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

Source: In The...

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Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

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Sholem Asch: I love the...

Sholem Asch: I love the...

I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Jane Austen: Why not seize...

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish...

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James Allen: You will never...

James Allen: You will never...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: To strive consciously...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: To strive consciously...

To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new...

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Joyce Cary: I look upon...

Joyce Cary: I look upon...

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now tha the time is coming to give it back, I have no...

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A J Balfour: Biography should be...

A J Balfour: Biography should be...

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

Source: Quoted in: Observer ...

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Rollo May: Human freedom involves...

Rollo May: Human freedom involves...

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our...

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Helene Deutsch: It is no...

Helene Deutsch: It is no...

It is no exaggeration to say that among all living creatures, only man, because of his prehensile appendages, is...

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