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Joseph Heller: Hungry Joe collected...

Joseph Heller: Hungry Joe collected...

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger...

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Joseph Heller: He had decided...

Joseph Heller: He had decided...

He had decided to live for ever or die in the attempt.

Source: Catch-22, ch. 3...

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George Eliot: If you could...

George Eliot: If you could...

If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner.

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George Eliot: Children demand that...

George Eliot: Children demand that...

Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so . . .

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George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 1, ch. 10,...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

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George Eliot: Would not love...

George Eliot: Would not love...

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

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Boris Pasternak: In view of...

Boris Pasternak: In view of...

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved...

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Boris Pasternak: Art is unthinkable...

Boris Pasternak: Art is unthinkable...

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

Source: In Webster's...

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Kingsley Amis: A dusty thudding...

Kingsley Amis: A dusty thudding...

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some...

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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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Mahatma Gandhi: Anger and intolerance...

Mahatma Gandhi: Anger and intolerance...

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.

Source: In...

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Mahatma Gandhi: I first learned...

Mahatma Gandhi: I first learned...

I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.

Source: In The...

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Mahatma Gandhi: In a gentle...

Mahatma Gandhi: In a gentle...

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mahatma Gandhi: Non-cooperation with evil...

Mahatma Gandhi: Non-cooperation with evil...

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

Source: In...

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Mahatma Gandhi: The mantram becomes...

Mahatma Gandhi: The mantram becomes...

The mantram becomes one's staff of life and carries one through every ordeal. Each repetition has a new meaning,...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: To give style...

Friedrich Nietzsche: To give style...

To give style to one's character --a great and rare art! He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A woman should...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A woman should...

A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion.

Source:...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Big jobs usually...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Big jobs usually...

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

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