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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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Sandra Day O'Connor: Despite the encouraging...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Despite the encouraging...

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is...

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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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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...

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Epictetus: It is the...

Epictetus: It is the...

It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking, and other...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: What is needed,...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: What is needed,...

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear;...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: A man who...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: A man who...

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

Source: In...

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Edward Everett Hale: I am only...

Edward Everett Hale: I am only...

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I...

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Charles Wesley: O for a...

Charles Wesley: O for a...

O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise!

Source: In Draper's...

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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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Italo Calvino: What Romantic terminology...

Italo Calvino: What Romantic terminology...

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road...

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Salman Rushdie: If you want...

Salman Rushdie: If you want...

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language....

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Mark Twain: The radical invents...

Mark Twain: The radical invents...

The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

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Knut Hamsun: Language must resound...

Knut Hamsun: Language must resound...

Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word...

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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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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George S Patton: Now if you...

George S Patton: Now if you...

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. not tired....

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J B S Haldane: Science is vastly...

J B S Haldane: Science is vastly...

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than are the classics.

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