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Clive Barker: There was time...

Clive Barker: There was time...

There was time for all their miracles now. For ghosts and transformations; for passion and ambiguity; for noon-day...

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Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although. . . he may be permitted to be an...

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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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Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Source: In the Sunday Correspondent (London), 24 Dec...

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Ben Hecht: Trying to determine...

Ben Hecht: Trying to determine...

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching...

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Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Source: In The Fourth 637 Best...

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James Agee: You must be...

James Agee: You must be...

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

Source:...

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Joyce Cary: Religion is organized...

Joyce Cary: Religion is organized...

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the...

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Harold Wilson: Everybody should have...

Harold Wilson: Everybody should have...

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

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Herbert Henry Asquith: Youth would be...

Herbert Henry Asquith: Youth would be...

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Source: In The...

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Herbert Henry Asquith: One to mislead...

Herbert Henry Asquith: One to mislead...

One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead...

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Alexander Hamilton: Real firmness is...

Alexander Hamilton: Real firmness is...

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Source: In Correct...

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William E Gladstone: No man ever...

William E Gladstone: No man ever...

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

Source: In...

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Thomas Carlyle: A person usually...

Thomas Carlyle: A person usually...

A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.

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Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Source: In My...

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Edward Everett: You shall not...

Edward Everett: You shall not...

You shall not pile, with servile toil,
Your monuments upon my breast,
Nor yet within the common soil
Lay down...

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Prince of Wales Charles: You have to...

Prince of Wales Charles: You have to...

You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe - when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything...

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Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to...

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Alexander the Great: In faith and...

Alexander the Great: In faith and...

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

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Ninon de Lenclos: Love never dies...

Ninon de Lenclos: Love never dies...

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Source: L'Esprit des...

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