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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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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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Stephen Leacock: Personally, I would...

Stephen Leacock: Personally, I would...

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia...

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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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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Sow good services:...

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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Horatio Nelson: When I came...

Horatio Nelson: When I came...

When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It...

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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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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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Arthur Conan Doyle: What one man...

Arthur Conan Doyle: What one man...

What one man can invent another can discover.

Source: Sherlock Holmes in 'The...

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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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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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What Mrs. Thatcher...

What Mrs. Thatcher...

What Mrs. Thatcher did for women was to demonstrate that if a woman had enough desire she could do what she wanted, do...

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Waiting is a...

Waiting is a...

Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and...

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They merit more...

They merit more...

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in...

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Even in a...

Even in a...

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle...

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Yes, it's hard...

Yes, it's hard...

Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.

Source: In answer to a question...

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I had a...

I had a...

I had a friend with a BYRon (297) telephone number; it's the old London exchanges, killed by the Postmaster...

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Leadership involves finding...

Leadership involves finding...

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Source:...

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