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A E Housman: When I was...

A E Housman: When I was...

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
`Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart...

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Ted Williams: When I first...

Ted Williams: When I first...

When I first looked at Yaz [Carl Yastrezemski] as a rooker, it was obvious that he had so much talent that I told him...

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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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Books, we are...

Books, we are...

Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! . . . The true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Hope says to...

Hope says to us constantly, Go on, go on, and leads us to the grave.

Source: In...

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Theodore H White: I, alas, must...

Theodore H White: I, alas, must...

I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a...

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Hank Aaron: It took me...

Hank Aaron: It took me...

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf...

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Solitude is as...

Solitude is as...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

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As I am...

As I am...

As I am a poet I express what I believe, and I fight against whatever I oppose, in poetry.

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Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Death has got something to be said for it:
There's no need to get out of bed for it;
Wherever you may...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of...

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Babe Ruth: Never let the...

Babe Ruth: Never let the...

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Source: In Words of Wisdom, by...

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Nannie Burroughs: Don't wait for...

Nannie Burroughs: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for deliverers.... I like that quotation, Moses, my servant, is dead. Therefore, arise and go over Jordan....

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Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our...

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George Foreman: A hero is...

George Foreman: A hero is...

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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As for pictures...

As for pictures...

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Source: In Words to Make My...

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Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Truman Capote: Failure is the...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Source: In Simpson's...

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Source: In The...

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