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Neil Kinnock: You cannot fashion...

Neil Kinnock: You cannot fashion...

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

Source: The Times, 1983
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Barack Obama: We have an...

Barack Obama: We have an...

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that...

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Nelson A Rockefeller: Politics, of course,...

Nelson A Rockefeller: Politics, of course,...

Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free...

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Henry Clay: Sir, I would...

Henry Clay: Sir, I would...

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Source: Speech, 1850 (referring to...

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Augustine Birrell: An ordinary man...

Augustine Birrell: An ordinary man...

An ordinary man can. . . surround himself with two thousand books. . . and thenceforward have at least one place in...

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Augustine Birrell: Libraries are not...

Augustine Birrell: Libraries are not...

Libraries are not made; they grow.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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John Bright: An egotist is...

John Bright: An egotist is...

An egotist is a self-made man who worships his creator.

Source: In Webster's...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: How is freedom...

Friedrich Nietzsche: How is freedom...

How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it...

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Doug Horton: Born to be...

Doug Horton: Born to be...

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Dr. Dale E. Turner: It is important...

Dr. Dale E. Turner: It is important...

It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it...

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Luc De Clapiers: When thought is...

Luc De Clapiers: When thought is...

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be...

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Luc De Clapiers: The fruit derived...

Luc De Clapiers: The fruit derived...

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

Source: In Instant...

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St Teresa of Avila: Untilled soil, however...

St Teresa of Avila: Untilled soil, however...

Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; and so it is with man's...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: Effort is only...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: Effort is only...

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Source: In Search of Goethe from...

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Stephen Crane: He wishes that...

Stephen Crane: He wishes that...

He wishes that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.

Source: The Red Badge...

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Robert Graves: I believe that...

Robert Graves: I believe that...

I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to...

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Isaac Singer: The waste basket...

Isaac Singer: The waste basket...

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Katherine Anne Porter: Human life itself...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is to take these handfuls of confusion and...

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Anne Tyler: My family can...

Anne Tyler: My family can...

My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.

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Democritus: Everything existing in...

Democritus: Everything existing in...

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Source:...

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