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Upton Sinclair: The remedy [for...

Upton Sinclair: The remedy [for...

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce...

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Thomas Wolfe: Men will often...

Thomas Wolfe: Men will often...

Men will often say they have 'found themselves' when they have really been worn down into a groove by the brutal and...

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Laurence Sterne: An actor should...

Laurence Sterne: An actor should...

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Source: In...

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Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

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Douglas Adams: Human beings, who...

Douglas Adams: Human beings, who...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable...

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Chinua Achebe: A man who...

Chinua Achebe: A man who...

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

Source:...

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Knut Hamsun: In old age...

Knut Hamsun: In old age...

In old age . . . we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have...

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Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the...

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Toni Morrison: And like any...

Toni Morrison: And like any...

And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous.

Source: Sula,...

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Anna Sewell: There is no...

Anna Sewell: There is no...

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not...

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Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the...

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Daphne DuMaurier: Writers should be...

Daphne DuMaurier: Writers should be...

Writers should be read -- but neither seen nor heard.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: Coercion. The unpardonable...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: Coercion. The unpardonable...

Coercion. The unpardonable crime.

Source: Pilgrimage, Vol. IV, Ch. 9, 1938.
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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Anne Rice: To really ask...

Anne Rice: To really ask...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the...

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Anne Rice: The truth is,...

Anne Rice: The truth is,...

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly...

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Barbara Cartland: As long as...

Barbara Cartland: As long as...

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

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Daisy Ashford: Let us now...

Daisy Ashford: Let us now...

Let us now bask under the spreading trees said Bernard in a passionate tone. Oh yes lets said Ethel and she opened her...

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Daisy Ashford: Bernard always had...

Daisy Ashford: Bernard always had...

Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather...

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Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes...

Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes...

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

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