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Ernst Fischer: As machines become...

Ernst Fischer: As machines become...

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of...

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An Wang: No matter how...

An Wang: No matter how...

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the...

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Nikita Khrushchev: If one cannot...

Nikita Khrushchev: If one cannot...

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

Source: In Time...

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Harold Macmillan: At home you...

Harold Macmillan: At home you...

At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a...

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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Francois Rabelais: What cannot be...

Francois Rabelais: What cannot be...

What cannot be cured must be endured.

Source: Works.
-- Francois Rabelais, ( ...

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Thomas Mann: Opinions cannot survive...

Thomas Mann: Opinions cannot survive...

Opinions cannot survive if no one has a chance to fight for them.

Source: The Magic...

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Jack Kerouac: It is not...

Jack Kerouac: It is not...

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar...

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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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Marquis de Sade: The more defects...

Marquis de Sade: The more defects...

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his...

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Lisa Alther: I happen to...

Lisa Alther: I happen to...

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting...

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P D James: What the detective...

P D James: What the detective...

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Dollars and guns...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Dollars and guns...

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

Source: Radio...

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Bliss Carman: What are facts...

Bliss Carman: What are facts...

What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation...

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John Buchan: Civilization is a...

John Buchan: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a conspiracy. . . . Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up...

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Byron R White: When the whistle...

Byron R White: When the whistle...

When the whistle blows you have only a limited amount of time to do what you have to do. You either do it then or you...

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Charles Montesquieu: What the orators...

Charles Montesquieu: What the orators...

What the orators lack in depth, they give you in length.

Source: In Quotable...

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Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with...

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Etty Hillesum: Every day I...

Etty Hillesum: Every day I...

Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes,...

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Pliny the Elder: Prosperity tries the...

Pliny the Elder: Prosperity tries the...

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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