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Robert Orben: In prehistoric times,...

Robert Orben: In prehistoric times,...

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor...

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Sonny Rollins: America is deeply...

Sonny Rollins: America is deeply...

America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music.

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Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we...

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Dizzy Gillespie: Ideas, ideas, backward...

Dizzy Gillespie: Ideas, ideas, backward...

Ideas, ideas, backward and forward. His influence is layers and layers of spirit.

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James Goldsmith: If you pay...

James Goldsmith: If you pay...

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Source: Attributed.
-- James Goldsmith,...

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Henry J Kaiser: You can't sit...

Henry J Kaiser: You can't sit...

You can't sit on the lid of progress. If you do, you will be blown to pieces.

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Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

Kathy Ireland: My family gave...

My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal...

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Wole Soyinka: I think it...

Wole Soyinka: I think it...

I think it rains
That tongues may loosen from the porch
Uncleave roof tops of the mouth, hang
heavy with...

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Robert Browning: And gain is...

Robert Browning: And gain is...

And gain is gain, however small.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Robert Frost: By working faithfully...

Robert Frost: By working faithfully...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a...

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Robert Frost: The best way...

Robert Frost: The best way...

The best way out is always through.

Source: A Servant to Servants
-- Robert...

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William Cowper: God moves in...

William Cowper: God moves in...

God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the...

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William Cowper: O, popular applause!...

William Cowper: O, popular applause!...

O, popular applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?


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Ludovico Ariosto: Man proposes, God...

Ludovico Ariosto: Man proposes, God...

Man proposes, God disposes.

Source: In 12,000 Religious Quotations, by Frank S....

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Robert Bly: By the time...

Robert Bly: By the time...

By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in...

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Thomas Gray: Alas! regardless of...

Thomas Gray: Alas! regardless of...

Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come
Nor care...

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Francis Quarles: Let the fear...

Francis Quarles: Let the fear...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the...

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Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

Source: In Quote (Anderson), 24 Mar...

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Novalis: Learning is pleasurable...

Novalis: Learning is pleasurable...

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Source: In The...

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Eliza Cook: Though language forms...

Eliza Cook: Though language forms...

Though language forms the preacher,
'Tis good works make the man.


Source: Good...

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