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Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

Bernadette Devlin: I went to...

I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the...

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Shirley Chisholm: Of my two...

Shirley Chisholm: Of my two...

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

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Shirley Chisholm: When morality comes...

Shirley Chisholm: When morality comes...

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom profit that loses.

Source: In...

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Joseph Chamberlain: In politics, there...

Joseph Chamberlain: In politics, there...

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

Source: In letter...

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Joseph Chamberlain: We are not...

Joseph Chamberlain: We are not...

We are not downhearted. The trouble is, we cannot understand what is happening to our...

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Mario Cuomo: For me to...

Mario Cuomo: For me to...

For me to make lasagna would be a desecration of a great Italian dish. . . . I don't mess with sacred...

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Henry David Thoreau: To inherit property...

Henry David Thoreau: To inherit property...

To inherit property is not to be born -- it is to be still-born, rather.

Source: In...

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Daniel Boorstin: I write to...

Daniel Boorstin: I write to...

I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the...

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Herman Wouk: I felt there's...

Herman Wouk: I felt there's...

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of...

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Nancy Mitford: I have only...

Nancy Mitford: I have only...

I have only read one book in my life and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read...

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Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them...

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Sloan Wilson: It is impossible...

Sloan Wilson: It is impossible...

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by...

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Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or...

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John Fowles: The most important...

John Fowles: The most important...

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

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John Fowles: We all write...

John Fowles: We all write...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

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Umberto Eco: I would define...

Umberto Eco: I would define...

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings,...

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E M Forster: Faith, to my...

E M Forster: Faith, to my...

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as...

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E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

Railway termini. . . are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and...

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Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the...

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