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Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

We specialize in the wholly impossible.

Source: Motto of the National Training...

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Laurence J Peter: A man convinced...

Laurence J Peter: A man convinced...

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Freda Adler: The type of...

Freda Adler: The type of...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its...

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Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and...

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Wilkie Collins: This is the...

Wilkie Collins: This is the...

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can...

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Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Source: In The Electric Kool-Aid...

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John Oliver Killens: What a tiresome...

John Oliver Killens: What a tiresome...

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear that...

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Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness...

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Aldous Huxley: There is no...

Aldous Huxley: There is no...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.

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Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Scientific power is like inherited wealth; attained without discipline. You read about what others have done, and you...

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Norman Douglas: What is all...

Norman Douglas: What is all...

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings -- they are so trite,...

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Anthony Trollope: A man's mind...

Anthony Trollope: A man's mind...

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by...

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Anthony Trollope: Three hours a...

Anthony Trollope: Three hours a...

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

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Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Source:...

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Daniel Defoe: The best of...

Daniel Defoe: The best of...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.


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Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Source: The...

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Pliny the Elder: The brain is...

Pliny the Elder: The brain is...

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Life?s lessons may be viewed as difficulties or challenges to be overcome, but in reality they are an exercise in fine...

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