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John Mortimer: I refuse to...

John Mortimer: I refuse to...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years...

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Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

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James Agee: Children, taught either...

James Agee: Children, taught either...

Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence...

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James Agee: He used this...

James Agee: He used this...

He used this great, sad, motionless face to suggest various related things: a one-track mind near the track's end of...

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James Agee: In every child...

James Agee: In every child...

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the...

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Boris Pasternak: In view of...

Boris Pasternak: In view of...

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved...

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Boris Pasternak: Man is born...

Boris Pasternak: Man is born...

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Source: Doctor Zhivago
-- Boris...

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Boris Pasternak: Art is unthinkable...

Boris Pasternak: Art is unthinkable...

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Helen Hunt Jackson: Who waits until...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Who waits until...

Who waits until the wind shall silent keep.
Will never find the ready hour to sow.


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Sir Walter Scott: Oh what a...

Sir Walter Scott: Oh what a...

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

Source: In The...

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Edward Everett: I should be...

Edward Everett: I should be...

I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you...

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Theodore Isaac Rubin: Have you considered...

Theodore Isaac Rubin: Have you considered...

Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are...

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Eric Berne: Each person designs...

Eric Berne: Each person designs...

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the...

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Erich Fromm: Modern man thinks...

Erich Fromm: Modern man thinks...

Modern man thinks he loses something -- time -- when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do...

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Joyce Brothers: Listening, not imitation,...

Joyce Brothers: Listening, not imitation,...

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to...

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Abraham Maslow: When the only...

Abraham Maslow: When the only...

When the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

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William James Mayo: Lord, deliver me...

William James Mayo: Lord, deliver me...

Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake...

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Pericles: Our love of...

Pericles: Our love of...

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us...

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William E Gladstone: Be happy with...

William E Gladstone: Be happy with...

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for...

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