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Edward Koch: The most guileful...

Edward Koch: The most guileful...

The most guileful amongst the reporters ... are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They...

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John Adams: While all other...

John Adams: While all other...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill -- little better understood, little...

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Abraham Lincoln: I fear explanations...

Abraham Lincoln: I fear explanations...

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

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-- Abraham...

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Abraham Lincoln: Fourscore and seven...

Abraham Lincoln: Fourscore and seven...

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation conceived in Liberty, and...

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Abraham Lincoln: If destruction be...

Abraham Lincoln: If destruction be...

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through...

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Winston Churchill: Writing a book...

Winston Churchill: Writing a book...

Writing a book is an adventure: it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a...

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Winston Churchill: I do not...

Winston Churchill: I do not...

I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with...

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Winston Churchill: By being so...

Winston Churchill: By being so...

By being so long in the lowest form I gained an immense advantage over the cleverest boys . . . I got into my bones...

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Winston Churchill: Socialism is like...

Winston Churchill: Socialism is like...

Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.

Source: In The...

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Winston Churchill: If you have...

Winston Churchill: If you have...

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then...

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Vaclav Havel: There is only...

Vaclav Havel: There is only...

There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Action to be...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Action to be...

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

Source: In The...

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Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, quite apart from...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To create a...

Madeleine L'Engle: To create a...

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and...

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Salman Rushdie: Our lives teach...

Salman Rushdie: Our lives teach...

Our lives teach us who we are.

Source: In Independent on Sunday (London), 4 Feb...

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Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of...

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Louisa May Alcott: Let my name...

Louisa May Alcott: Let my name...

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some...

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John Fowles: Content is a...

John Fowles: Content is a...

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Source: The...

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Thomas Wolfe: The reason a...

Thomas Wolfe: The reason a...

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember...

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Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an...

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