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A man loses...

A man loses...

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

Source: In...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole...

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A happy childhood...

A happy childhood...

A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a...

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Anatole France: The faculty of...

Anatole France: The faculty of...

The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or...

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The fastest way...

The fastest way...

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by other people's rules, while quietly playing by your...

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Noam Chomsky: Language is a...

Noam Chomsky: Language is a...

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of...

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Everyone should fail...

Everyone should fail...

Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.

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Bobby Locke: When you get...

Bobby Locke: When you get...

When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller.

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Most of us...

Most of us...

Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one.

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Whitney M Young, Jr: Our ability to...

Whitney M Young, Jr: Our ability to...

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: Speaking honestly is...

Addison Gayle, Jr: Speaking honestly is...

Speaking honestly is a fundamental principle of today's black artist. He has given up the futile practice of speaking...

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Jeremy Collier: How many feasible...

Jeremy Collier: How many feasible...

How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly...

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Jeremy Collier: Perpetual pushing and...

Jeremy Collier: Perpetual pushing and...

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives...

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He writes his...

He writes his...

He writes his plays for the ages -- the ages between five and twelve.

Source: In...

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Niels Bohr: Of course I...

Niels Bohr: Of course I...

Of course I don't believe in it. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or...

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The banalities of...

The banalities of...

The banalities of a great man pass for wit.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Ford: Whilst we strive...

John Ford: Whilst we strive...

Whilst we strive
To live most free, we're caught in our own toils.


Source: The...

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Daniel Defoe: The best of...

Daniel Defoe: The best of...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.


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Stokely Carmichael: Before a group...

Stokely Carmichael: Before a group...

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Source: In...

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