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The best emotions...

The best emotions...

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is...

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DICTIONARY, n. A...

DICTIONARY, n. A...

DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic....

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His father, Vincent,...

His father, Vincent,...

His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the terrace for a while, walked off and...

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Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

Barbara Ward: We cannot cheat...

We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about...

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Oscar Wilde: I was disappointed...

Oscar Wilde: I was disappointed...

I was disappointed in Niagara --most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and...

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Alexander Pope: What dire offence...

Alexander Pope: What dire offence...

What dire offence from am'rous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial...

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Richard Buckminster Fuller: Let architects sing...

Richard Buckminster Fuller: Let architects sing...

Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring
Rich clients in hordes to their knees;
Just give me a home, in a...

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John Burroughs: The lure of...

John Burroughs: The lure of...

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you...

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James D Watson: Formula for breakthroughs...

James D Watson: Formula for breakthroughs...

Formula for breakthroughs in research: Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an...

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Carl Linnaeus: If a tree...

Carl Linnaeus: If a tree...

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

Source: In 21st Century Dictionary of...

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Marcel Duchamp: The creative act...

Marcel Duchamp: The creative act...

The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external...

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J Robert Oppenheimer: When you see...

J Robert Oppenheimer: When you see...

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only...

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Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

When people realize that in the long run you may be turning off the audiences more, even though they will look...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: What counts is...

Dwight D Eisenhower: What counts is...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the...

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J B Priestley: No matter how...

J B Priestley: No matter how...

No matter how piercing and appalling his insights, the desolation creeping over his outer world, the lurid lights and...

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Stanislaw Lec: The weakest link...

Stanislaw Lec: The weakest link...

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

Source:...

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Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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Bertolt Brecht: We need a...

Bertolt Brecht: We need a...

We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: That God, which...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: That God, which...

That God, which ever lives and loves,
One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which...

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Victor Hugo: He who opens...

Victor Hugo: He who opens...

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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