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Charles James Fox: How much the...

Charles James Fox: How much the...

How much the greatest event it is that ever happened in the world! and how much the best!

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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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Kingsley Amis: I wish I...

Kingsley Amis: I wish I...

I wish I could have a little tape-and-loudspeaker arrangement sewn into the binding of this magazine, to be triggered...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

The difference between mad people and sane people . . . is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Max Eastman: The defining function...

Max Eastman: The defining function...

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

Source: In Correct...

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Franz Kafka: It is not...

Franz Kafka: It is not...

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Goals too clearly...

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Source: Composing a Life,...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The capacity to...

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

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John Aubrey: He was wont...

John Aubrey: He was wont...

He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other...

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Carl Sagan: Imagination will often...

Carl Sagan: Imagination will often...

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

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Stephen Leacock: Humor may be...

Stephen Leacock: Humor may be...

Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression...

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Stephen Leacock: Golf may be...

Stephen Leacock: Golf may be...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Oh, Mama was...

Sarah Louise Delany: Oh, Mama was...

Oh, Mama was a smart woman. It takes a smart woman to fall in love with a good man.

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Michel de Certeau: The media transforms...

Michel de Certeau: The media transforms...

The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks...

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bell hooks: Secrets find a...

bell hooks: Secrets find a...

Secrets find a way out in sleep . . . It is the place where there is no pretense.

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Henry David Thoreau: I know of...

Henry David Thoreau: I know of...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious...

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Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Honest men live on charity in their age; the alm houses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men are...

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Plato: When the mind...

Plato: When the mind...

When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Emile M Cioran: There is no...

Emile M Cioran: There is no...

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.

Source: The New...

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