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Douglas MacArthur: The world is...

Douglas MacArthur: The world is...

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle -- the roar of the crowd on the one...

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Jacques Cousteau: To yackety-yak about...

Jacques Cousteau: To yackety-yak about...

To yackety-yak about the past is for me time lost. Every morning I wake up saying, 'I'm still alive -- a miracle.'...

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Siegfried Sassoon: In me the...

Siegfried Sassoon: In me the...

In me the tiger sniffs the rose.

Source: The Heart's Journey, no. 7 (1928).
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Siegfried Sassoon: His most rational...

Siegfried Sassoon: His most rational...

His most rational response to my attempts at drawing him out about literature and art was 'I adore italics, don't...

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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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Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

Margot Asquith: His modesty amounts...

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Source: Referring to her husband. As I...

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William Manchester: Actors who have...

William Manchester: Actors who have...

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great...

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A J P Taylor: Psychoanalysts believe that...

A J P Taylor: Psychoanalysts believe that...

Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone...

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William C Nell: I yield to...

William C Nell: I yield to...

I yield to no one in appreciating the propriety and pertinency of every effort, on the part of Colored Americans, in...

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Henry Brooks Adams: No man means...

Henry Brooks Adams: No man means...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is...

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Theodore H White: With electricity we...

Theodore H White: With electricity we...

With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a crystal set [and] with enough...

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Henry Brooks Adams: A friend in...

Henry Brooks Adams: A friend in...

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams.
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Carter G Woodson: The educational system...

Carter G Woodson: The educational system...

The educational system of a country is worthless unless it [revolutionizes the social order]. Men of scholarship, and...

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Pliny the Elder: Hope is the...

Pliny the Elder: Hope is the...

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

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Hannah Arendt: Storytelling reveals meaning...

Hannah Arendt: Storytelling reveals meaning...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Source:...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Richard Francis Burton: Reason is life's...

Richard Francis Burton: Reason is life's...

Reason is life's sole arbiter.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Desiderius Erasmus: War is delightful...

Desiderius Erasmus: War is delightful...

War is delightful to those who have no experience with it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thomas Fuller: He that will...

Thomas Fuller: He that will...

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Source: In...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

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