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Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do...

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Mickey Spillane: If the public...

Mickey Spillane: If the public...

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Source: In Writers at Work,...

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Emile Zola: If I cannot...

Emile Zola: If I cannot...

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

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Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Life?s lessons may be viewed as difficulties or challenges to be overcome, but in reality they are an exercise in fine...

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Clarence Thomas: Any discrimination, like...

Clarence Thomas: Any discrimination, like...

Any discrimination, like sharp turns in a road, becomes critical because of the tremendous speed at which we are...

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Charles Evans Hughes: The first lesson...

Charles Evans Hughes: The first lesson...

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

Source: In...

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Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: A religious life...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: A religious life...

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but...

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Henry Brooks Adams: Philosophy: unintelligible answers...

Henry Brooks Adams: Philosophy: unintelligible answers...

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Source: Adams's...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. [W]e are guardian of rights,...

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Van Wyck Brooks: If men were...

Van Wyck Brooks: If men were...

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder...

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John Aubrey: When he killed...

John Aubrey: When he killed...

When he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.

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Carl Sagan: We live at...

Carl Sagan: We live at...

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are...

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Christopher Lasch: Information, usually seen...

Christopher Lasch: Information, usually seen...

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: Universities should be...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: Universities should be...

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: If I take...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: If I take...

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

Source: On...

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Stanislaw Lec: A man who...

Stanislaw Lec: A man who...

A man who is a genius and doesn't know it probably isn't.

Source: In 20,000 Quips...

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