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Bliss Carman: The greatest joy...

Bliss Carman: The greatest joy...

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

Patricia Schroeder: When it comes...

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev: God will not...

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev: God will not...

God will not forgive us if we fail.

Source: To President Jimmy Carter at June 1979...

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev: There is nothing...

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev: There is nothing...

There is nothing more practical than a good theory.

Source: Rand Lindsly's HUGE...

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George Chapman: Pure innovation is...

George Chapman: Pure innovation is...

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Source: King Henry, in Bussy D'Ambois,...

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Wilson Mizner: I hate careless...

Wilson Mizner: I hate careless...

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.

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Louis Aragon: O reason, reason,...

Louis Aragon: O reason, reason,...

O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have reached...

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Robert Bridges: Masefield's sonnets? Ah...

Robert Bridges: Masefield's sonnets? Ah...

Masefield's sonnets? Ah yes. Very nice. Pure Shakespeare. Masefield's 'Reynard the Fox'? Very nice, too. Pure Chaucer....

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Louis Aragon: Can the knowledge...

Louis Aragon: Can the knowledge...

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by...

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Oscar Wilde: The only difference...

Oscar Wilde: The only difference...

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a...

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Robert Burns: But the cheerful...

Robert Burns: But the cheerful...

But the cheerful Spring came kindly on
And show'rs began to fall:
John Barleycorn got up again
And sore...

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Charlie Parker: I realized by...

Charlie Parker: I realized by...

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: Today whenever women...

Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I don't want...

Samuel Goldwyn: I don't want...

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their...

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Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts...

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Joan Didion: I write entirely...

Joan Didion: I write entirely...

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means, what I want, and...

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Rod Stewart: I'm a rock...

Rod Stewart: I'm a rock...

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Janis Joplin: Freedom's just another...

Janis Joplin: Freedom's just another...

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Source:
-- Janis Joplin,...

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Ethel Barrymore: For an actress...

Ethel Barrymore: For an actress...

For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the...

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Helen Hayes: Every human being...

Helen Hayes: Every human being...

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He was born with the tragedy that...

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