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Toni Morrison: The ability of...

Toni Morrison: The ability of...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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J P Donleavy: Writing is turning...

J P Donleavy: Writing is turning...

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Source: Playboy (Chicago, May...

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Channing Pollock: No matter how...

Channing Pollock: No matter how...

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that...

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Ernest Hemingway: Cowardice . ....

Ernest Hemingway: Cowardice . ....

Cowardice . . . is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the...

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Ernest Hemingway: But man is...

Ernest Hemingway: But man is...

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Source: In...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

Djuna Barnes: She wanted to...

She wanted to be the reason for everything and so she was the cause of nothing.

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Leo Tolstoy: The two most...

Leo Tolstoy: The two most...

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Source: War and Peace.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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George Meredith: The well of...

George Meredith: The well of...

The well of true wit is truth itself.

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

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Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

She ransacked her mind but there was nothing in it.

Source: Them, pt. 1 ch. 15,...

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Otto von Bismarck: When you say...

Otto von Bismarck: When you say...

When you say that you agree to a thing on principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Style is the...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Style is the...

Style is the dress of thoughts . . .; if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much...

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Anthony Eden: That is a...

Anthony Eden: That is a...

That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

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Carol Moseley-Braun: I've always maintained...

Carol Moseley-Braun: I've always maintained...

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are...

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Everett M Dirksen: The mind is...

Everett M Dirksen: The mind is...

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with...

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Henry Clay: Courtesies of a...

Henry Clay: Courtesies of a...

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating...

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Vaclav Havel: The exercise of...

Vaclav Havel: The exercise of...

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the...

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Robert Cecil: Virtue consisted in...

Robert Cecil: Virtue consisted in...

Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

Source: Life in...

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