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Joseph Heller: I don't believe...

Joseph Heller: I don't believe...

I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.

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Daniel Defoe: He bade me...

Daniel Defoe: He bade me...

He bade me observe it, and I should always find, that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower...

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Daniel Defoe: The best of...

Daniel Defoe: The best of...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.


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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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John Buchan: Civilization is a...

John Buchan: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a conspiracy. . . . Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Plans are nothing;...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Plans are nothing;...

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. [U]ntil social...

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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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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.

Source:...

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Michel Foucault: In its function,...

Michel Foucault: In its function,...

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or...

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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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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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The desire of...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The desire of...

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: The true way...

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Source: In...

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Douglas MacArthur: Life is a...

Douglas MacArthur: Life is a...

Life is a lively process of becoming.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the...

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Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Source: In...

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Agatha Christie: I like living....

Agatha Christie: I like living....

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I...

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Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly...

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