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Christopher Morley: A human being,...

Christopher Morley: A human being,...

A human being, he wrote, is a whispering in the steam pipes on a cold night; dust sifted through a locked window; one...

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Christopher Morley: My theology, briefly,...

Christopher Morley: My theology, briefly,...

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

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Mark Twain: When a man's...

Mark Twain: When a man's...

When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to...

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Milan Kundera: High culture is...

Milan Kundera: High culture is...

High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going...

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Milan Kundera: The sound of...

Milan Kundera: The sound of...

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

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Margaret Atwood: Popular art is...

Margaret Atwood: Popular art is...

Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.

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Mark Twain: I find that...

Mark Twain: I find that...

I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.

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Mark Twain: It is a...

Mark Twain: It is a...

It is a good and gentle religion, but inconvenient.

Source: Of Hinduism; Following...

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Mark Twain: Human pride is...

Mark Twain: Human pride is...

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of...

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Mark Twain: Ignorant people think...

Mark Twain: Ignorant people think...

Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the...

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Mark Twain: It is nobler...

Mark Twain: It is nobler...

It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good -- and less trouble!

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E M Forster: America is rather...

E M Forster: America is rather...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is...

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E M Forster: Ideas are fatal...

E M Forster: Ideas are fatal...

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Source: A Passage to India, pt. 1, ch. 7, 1924.
-- E M...

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J G Ballard: Pop artists deal...

J G Ballard: Pop artists deal...

Pop artists deal with the lowly trivia of possessions and equipment that the present generation is lugging along with...

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J G Ballard: What our children...

J G Ballard: What our children...

What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the...

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J G Ballard: Hell is out...

J G Ballard: Hell is out...

Hell is out of fashion --institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private...

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John Steinbeck: Four hoarse blasts...

John Steinbeck: Four hoarse blasts...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to...

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John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

John Steinbeck: I am impelled,...

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my...

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Salman Rushdie: When thought becomes...

Salman Rushdie: When thought becomes...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

Source: In...

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Louisa May Alcott: You have a...

Louisa May Alcott: You have a...

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest...

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