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Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

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Brendan Behan: I'm a Communist...

Brendan Behan: I'm a Communist...

I'm a Communist by day and a Catholic as soon as it gets dark.

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George Bernard Shaw: One man that...

George Bernard Shaw: One man that...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

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George Bernard Shaw: A drama critic...

George Bernard Shaw: A drama critic...

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

Source: In NY Times, 5 Nov...

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George Bernard Shaw: Artists do not...

George Bernard Shaw: Artists do not...

Artists do not prove things. They do not need to. They know them.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: Better never than...

George Bernard Shaw: Better never than...

Better never than late.

Source: Responding to an offer by a producer to present one...

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George Bernard Shaw: Life is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Life is a...

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives....

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William Shakespeare: Silence is the...

William Shakespeare: Silence is the...

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy if I could say how much.

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William Shakespeare: By indirections find...

William Shakespeare: By indirections find...

By indirections find directions out.

Source: Hamlet, II. i. (66).
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: He reads much;<br>He...

William Shakespeare: He reads much;
He...

He reads much;
He is a great observer, and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men.


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William Shakespeare: Devise, wit; write,...

William Shakespeare: Devise, wit; write,...

Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio.

Source: Love's...

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William Shakespeare: The whining schoolboy,...

William Shakespeare: The whining schoolboy,...

The whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to...

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William Shakespeare: O mischief, thou...

William Shakespeare: O mischief, thou...

O mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!


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Thornton Wilder: Seek the lofty...

Thornton Wilder: Seek the lofty...

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

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Thornton Wilder: Where there is...

Thornton Wilder: Where there is...

Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.

Source: In Great Business...

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Oscar Wilde: The well-bred contradict...

Oscar Wilde: The well-bred contradict...

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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George Bernard Shaw: Men are not...

George Bernard Shaw: Men are not...

Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they...

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George Bernard Shaw: Never waste jealousy...

George Bernard Shaw: Never waste jealousy...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long...

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James Matthew Barrie: I have always...

James Matthew Barrie: I have always...

I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.

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James Matthew Barrie: It is all...

James Matthew Barrie: It is all...

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?

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