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Ellen Swallow Richards: They are so...

Ellen Swallow Richards: They are so...

They are so afraid we shall break down, and you know the reputation of the college is at stake, for the question is,...

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Charles Steinmetz: I have succeeded...

Charles Steinmetz: I have succeeded...

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for...

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Peter Medawar: Today the world...

Peter Medawar: Today the world...

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young...

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Jackson Pollock: It is only...

Jackson Pollock: It is only...

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy...

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Louis Aragon: The whole fauna...

Louis Aragon: The whole fauna...

The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human...

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Robert Frost: How many apples...

Robert Frost: How many apples...

How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint? Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come not, when...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come not, when...

Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex...

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Joey Adams: The difference between...

Joey Adams: The difference between...

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must...

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J B Priestley: When I was...

J B Priestley: When I was...

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

Source: In The...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: It is only...

Jean-Paul Sartre: It is only...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Source: In Quotable Business,...

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Stanislaw Lec: The weakest link...

Stanislaw Lec: The weakest link...

The weakest link in the chain is the strongest because it can break it.

Source:...

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John Fletcher: Deeds, not words....

John Fletcher: Deeds, not words....

Deeds, not words.

Source: The Lover's Progress, Act iii. Sc. 4.
-- John...

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E L Doctorow: We're always attracted...

E L Doctorow: We're always attracted...

We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and...

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Nora Ephron: We have lived...

Nora Ephron: We have lived...

We have lived through the era when happiness was a warm puppy, and the era when happiness was a dry martini, and now...

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Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Kingsley Amis: Death has got...

Death has got something to be said for it:
There's no need to get out of bed for it;
Wherever you may...

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Charles Simmons: It is a...

Charles Simmons: It is a...

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided...

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Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Lewis Carroll: Everything's got a...

Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Source: Alice's Adventures in...

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Ralph Ellison: I am invisible,...

Ralph Ellison: I am invisible,...

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Source: The...

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Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

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