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Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

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J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality...

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John Steinbeck: Ideas are like...

John Steinbeck: Ideas are like...

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a...

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John Steinbeck: The profession of...

John Steinbeck: The profession of...

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

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Louisa May Alcott: All is fish...

Louisa May Alcott: All is fish...

All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

All virtues come down to courage, at the sharp end of the sword. But courage must be tempered by prudence. Courage...

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

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James Thurber: Art -- the...

James Thurber: Art -- the...

Art -- the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well...

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James Thurber: Why do you...

James Thurber: Why do you...

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

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James Thurber: Well, if I...

James Thurber: Well, if I...

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

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James Thurber: The sanity of...

James Thurber: The sanity of...

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to...

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Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and...

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Jane Austen: One has not...

Jane Austen: One has not...

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the...

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Jane Austen: Next to being...

Jane Austen: Next to being...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

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Jane Austen: With men he...

Jane Austen: With men he...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature...

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Jane Austen: She was a...

Jane Austen: She was a...

She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.

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Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the...

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Elie Wiesel: We have to...

Elie Wiesel: We have to...

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something...

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James Allen: You will never...

James Allen: You will never...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to...

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Richard Bach: In order to...

Richard Bach: In order to...

In order to win, you must expect to win.

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