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The tax collector...

The tax collector...

The tax collector must love poor people - he's creating so many of them.

Source: In...

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If you make...

If you make...

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise...

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Travel gives a...

Travel gives a...

Travel gives a character of experience to our knowledge, and brings the figures on the tablet of memory into strong...

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Our job is...

Our job is...

Our job is like a baker's work -- his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a...

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No theater could...

No theater could...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and...

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As long as...

As long as...

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in...

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My entire soul...

My entire soul...

My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.

Source:...

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In some parts...

In some parts...

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no...

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If you are...

If you are...

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you...

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Too many wish...

Too many wish...

Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Most people aren't...

Most people aren't...

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves....

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You don't have...

You don't have...

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone.

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Life is the...

Life is the...

Life is the first gift, love the second, and understanding the third.

Source: In...

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A widow is...

A widow is...

A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang...

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I find it...

I find it...

I find it depressing, like a stately old home that has been thrown open to the public.

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I can write...

I can write...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write...

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A conservative is...

A conservative is...

A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.

Source: In Webster's...

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The trouble with...

The trouble with...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more...

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A great interpreter...

A great interpreter...

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

Source: of...

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I didn't do...

I didn't do...

I didn't do very well in math -- I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers...

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