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Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

Source: On the Road, Pt. I.
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Andre Gide: One doesn't discover...

Andre Gide: One doesn't discover...

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long...

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Jean Paul: Memory is the...

Jean Paul: Memory is the...

Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alex Haley: Never completely encircle...

Alex Haley: Never completely encircle...

Never completely encircle your enemy. Leave him some escape, for he will fight even more desperately if...

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Edward Hoagland: Like a kick...

Edward Hoagland: Like a kick...

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

Source:...

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Alex Haley: Either you deal...

Alex Haley: Either you deal...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with...

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Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

News, if unreported, has no impact. It might as well have not happened at all.

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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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Edward Westcott: They say a...

Edward Westcott: They say a...

They say a reasonable amount 'o fleas is good fer a dog -- keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog,...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

All human wisdom is summed up in two words -- wait and hope.

Source: The Count of...

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Charles Dickens: The whole difference...

Charles Dickens: The whole difference...

The whole difference between construction and creation is this; that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is...

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Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Source: On Life, 1887.
-- Leo...

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Ben Hecht: I'm a Hollywood...

Ben Hecht: I'm a Hollywood...

I'm a Hollywood writer; so I put on a sports jacket and take off my brain.

Source:...

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James Agee: Children, taught either...

James Agee: Children, taught either...

Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence...

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John Sterling: Colors answer feeling...

John Sterling: Colors answer feeling...

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

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Richard Bach: Here is the...

Richard Bach: Here is the...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it...

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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Barbara Cartland: Of course they...

Barbara Cartland: Of course they...

Of course they have, or I wouldn't be sitting here talking to someone like you.

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Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

You mischievous child! she cried, in great excitement. What are you thinking of? Why have you taken everything off?...

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Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have...

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