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Oscar Wilde: The mere mechanical...

Oscar Wilde: The mere mechanical...

The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be...

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Oscar Wilde: The one duty...

Oscar Wilde: The one duty...

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Source: Gilbert, in The Critic as...

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Woody Allen: Capital punishment would...

Woody Allen: Capital punishment would...

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the...

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Fred Allen: Washington is no...

Fred Allen: Washington is no...

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

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Samuel Goldwyn: Anybody who goes...

Samuel Goldwyn: Anybody who goes...

Anybody who goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

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Samuel Goldwyn: Let's have some...

Samuel Goldwyn: Let's have some...

Let's have some new clich?s.

Source: Observer, `Sayings of the Week', 24 Oct....

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Samuel Goldwyn: That we want...

Samuel Goldwyn: That we want...

That we want is a story that starts with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.

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Abraham Lincoln: An old Dutch...

Abraham Lincoln: An old Dutch...

An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses in...

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Abraham Lincoln: Wanting to work...

Abraham Lincoln: Wanting to work...

Wanting to work is so rare a want that it should be encouraged.

Source: In The...

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Abraham Lincoln: You can fool...

Abraham Lincoln: You can fool...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people...

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Abraham Lincoln: Labor is prior...

Abraham Lincoln: Labor is prior...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if...

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Abraham Lincoln: I will prepare...

Abraham Lincoln: I will prepare...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Abraham Lincoln: Few can be...

Abraham Lincoln: Few can be...

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done...

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Earl Nightingale: We can help...

Earl Nightingale: We can help...

We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

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Aristotle: We give up...

Aristotle: We give up...

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have...

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Aristotle: We must no...

Aristotle: We must no...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: That old law...

Martin Luther King, Jr: That old law...

That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Before the Pilgrims...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Before the Pilgrims...

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Discrimination is a...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Discrimination is a...

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: What forests of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: What forests of...

What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their...

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