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James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for...

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James Matthew Barrie: Dreams do come...

James Matthew Barrie: Dreams do come...

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else...

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James Matthew Barrie: Always try to...

James Matthew Barrie: Always try to...

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

Source: In Readers'...

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James Matthew Barrie: Do you believe...

James Matthew Barrie: Do you believe...

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!

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James Matthew Barrie: In dinner talk...

James Matthew Barrie: In dinner talk...

In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling any faggot rather than let the fire go...

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James Matthew Barrie: The printing press...

James Matthew Barrie: The printing press...

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets...

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James Matthew Barrie: We never understand...

James Matthew Barrie: We never understand...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

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Christopher Fry: I travel light;...

Christopher Fry: I travel light;...

I travel light; as light,
That is, as a man can travel who will
Still carry his body around because
Of its...

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Christopher Fry: Try thinking of...

Christopher Fry: Try thinking of...

Try thinking of love, or something.
Amor vincit insomnia.


Source: A Sleep of...

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Christopher Fry: Poetry is the...

Christopher Fry: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement. . . says heaven and earth in one word. . . speaks of...

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Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

I was courtmartialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my...

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Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

Zora Neale Hurston: If you haven't...

If you haven't got it,
you can't show it.
If you have got it,
you can't hide it.


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George Bernard Shaw: A man learns...

George Bernard Shaw: A man learns...

A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a...

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George Bernard Shaw: Do not unto...

George Bernard Shaw: Do not unto...

Do not unto others as you would that they would do unto you. Their tastes may not be the...

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George Bernard Shaw: The reasonable man...

George Bernard Shaw: The reasonable man...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself....

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George Bernard Shaw: Custom will reconcile...

George Bernard Shaw: Custom will reconcile...

Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Bernard Shaw: Forget about likes...

George Bernard Shaw: Forget about likes...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but...

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George Bernard Shaw: If you value...

George Bernard Shaw: If you value...

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper --and despise...

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Stanislaw Lec: You can close...

Stanislaw Lec: You can close...

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.

Source: rd
-- Stanislaw...

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J B Priestley: I have always...

J B Priestley: I have always...

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic...

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