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Sholem Asch: The heathen spirit...

Sholem Asch: The heathen spirit...

The heathen spirit is wingless. It cannot lift itself to heights from which the totality of being is visible, and it...

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Chinua Achebe: When suffering knocks...

Chinua Achebe: When suffering knocks...

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has...

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Vicki Baum: What I like...

Vicki Baum: What I like...

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and...

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Knut Hamsun: The writer must...

Knut Hamsun: The writer must...

The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the...

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Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

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Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Leo Rosten: Words must surely...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

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Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

Kathleen Norris: To children childhood...

To children childhood holds no particular advantage.

Source: Hands Full of Loving,...

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: The great law...

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an...

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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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Max Frisch: It's precisely the...

Max Frisch: It's precisely the...

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true...

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Horace Walpole: Imagination was given...

Horace Walpole: Imagination was given...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for...

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Marguerite Duras: A journalist is...

Marguerite Duras: A journalist is...

A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every...

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Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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George Meredith: Sentimentalists are they...

George Meredith: Sentimentalists are they...

Sentimentalists are they who seek to enjoy without incurring the Immense Debtorship for a thing...

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Honore de Balzac: Laws are spider...

Honore de Balzac: Laws are spider...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

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Marcus Garvey: I read Up...

Marcus Garvey: I read Up...

I read Up From Slavery and then my dream -- if I may so call it -- of being a race leader...

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Shimon Peres: It is not...

Shimon Peres: It is not...

It is not only the psychology of the people that makes them so exacting -- their geographical situation has been...

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Patricia Schroeder: I have a...

Patricia Schroeder: I have a...

I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both.

Source: On being an elected official...

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Fidel Castro: I began revolution...

Fidel Castro: I began revolution...

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had [to] do it again, I'd do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not...

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Jefferson Davis: All we ask...

Jefferson Davis: All we ask...

All we ask is to be let alone.

Source: First Message to the Confederate Congress,...

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