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Stephen Leacock: What we call...

Stephen Leacock: What we call...

What we call creative work ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. . . . I imagine that Thomas Edison...

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Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: We all live...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: We all live...

We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.

Source: Speech, 5 May 1978.
-- Kingman...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: The function of...

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Love is a...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Love is a...

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as the are not.

Source:...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: It is no...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: It is no...

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

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Perhaps nobody ever...

Perhaps nobody ever...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches...

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A citizen of...

A citizen of...

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote in a national...

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Here's my advice:...

Here's my advice:...

Here's my advice: Go ahead and be whacky. Get into a crazy frame of mind and ask what' funny about what you' re...

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Be fond of...

Be fond of...

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with...

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When a writer...

When a writer...

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

Source: San...

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The test of...

The test of...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

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Love demands infinitely...

Love demands infinitely...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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[Kennedy] did not...

[Kennedy] did not...

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words shortened and adulterated by a correspondent....

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Business is a...

Business is a...

Business is a continual dealing with the future . . . a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in...

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In the middle...

In the middle...

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of...

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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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Art is parasitic...

Art is parasitic...

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Source: Ionesco...

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Only when a...

Only when a...

Only when a tree has fallen can you take a measure of it. It is the same with a man.

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The loneliness you...

The loneliness you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's...

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