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Stephen Leacock: What we call...

Stephen Leacock: What we call...

What we call creative work ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. . . . I imagine that Thomas Edison...

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Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

Stephen Leacock: A 'Grand Old...

A 'Grand Old Man'. That means on our continent any one with snow white hair who has kept out of jail till...

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Benjamin Jowett: If you don't...

Benjamin Jowett: If you don't...

If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.

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Allan Bloom: Fathers and mothers...

Allan Bloom: Fathers and mothers...

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to...

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Martha Carey Thomas: My one aim...

Martha Carey Thomas: My one aim...

My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in...

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John Erskine: There's a difference...

John Erskine: There's a difference...

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices...

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Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action.

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Employment and ennui are simply incompatible.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: True perfection is...

True perfection is achieved only by those who are prepared to destroy it. It is a by-product of...

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Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Source:...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Therefore the skilful...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Therefore the skilful...

Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying...

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Charles Simmons: Most of the...

Charles Simmons: Most of the...

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Jacques Barzun: The piano is...

Jacques Barzun: The piano is...

The piano is the social instrument par excellence. . . . drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the...

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Jack Nicklaus: Over the first...

Jack Nicklaus: Over the first...

Over the first three rounds you're playing the course. In the final round, if you're in contention, you're playing the...

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Sam Snead: Practice puts your...

Sam Snead: Practice puts your...

Practice puts your brains in your muscles.

Source: In The Golfer's Book of Wisdom,...

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Wayne Gretzky: I skate to...

Wayne Gretzky: I skate to...

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Source: In...

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Wayne Gretzky: The highest compliment...

Wayne Gretzky: The highest compliment...

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog...

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Bruce Lee: All fixed set...

Bruce Lee: All fixed set...

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed...

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Bruce Lee: The height of...

Bruce Lee: The height of...

The height of cultivation runs to simplicity. Halfway cultivation runs to ornamentation.

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I speak to...

I speak to...

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition -- about what we can endure, dream,...

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