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Frederick Douglass: The mind does...

Frederick Douglass: The mind does...

The mind does not take its complexion from the skin....

Source: In Famous Black...

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Frederick Douglass: Men may not...

Frederick Douglass: Men may not...

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they...

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E M Forster: [The Englishman] has...

E M Forster: [The Englishman] has...

[The Englishman] has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or...

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E M Forster: Logic! Good...

E M Forster: Logic! Good...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

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E M Forster: Failure or success...

E M Forster: Failure or success...

Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist...

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Gore Vidal: I like the...

Gore Vidal: I like the...

I like the way you always manage to state the obvious with a sense of real discovery.

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Theodore Dreiser: Nothing is proved,...

Theodore Dreiser: Nothing is proved,...

Nothing is proved, all is permitted.

Source: The Titan, 1914.
-- Theodore...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: A young musician...

Marguerite Yourcenar: A young musician...

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes...

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Edward Hoagland: There often seems...

Edward Hoagland: There often seems...

There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness...

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Jean Paul: Passion makes the...

Jean Paul: Passion makes the...

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

Source: In The...

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Alex Haley: My fondest hope...

Alex Haley: My fondest hope...

My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. ...

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Alex Haley: History is written...

Alex Haley: History is written...

History is written by the winners.

Source: Interview on David Frost Show, 20 Apr...

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Herman Wouk: Illusion is an...

Herman Wouk: Illusion is an...

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

Source: War and...

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Herman Wouk: Income tax returns:...

Herman Wouk: Income tax returns:...

Income tax returns: the most imaginative fiction written today.

Source: In 1,911...

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Charles Reade: Make 'em laugh;...

Charles Reade: Make 'em laugh;...

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

Source: Advice to an aspiring writer;...

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Judith Rossner: He always said...

Judith Rossner: He always said...

He always said she was smart, but their conversations were a mined field in which at any moment she might make the...

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Judith Rossner: A lie was...

Judith Rossner: A lie was...

A lie was something that hadn't happened but might just as well have.

Source:...

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Shirley Hazzard: [C]hronological prestige is...

Shirley Hazzard: [C]hronological prestige is...

[C]hronological prestige is tenacious: once attained, it can't be shed; it increased moment by moment, day by day,...

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Tom Clancy: Nothing is as...

Tom Clancy: Nothing is as...

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not...

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