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Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time,...

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Ethel Percy Andrus: Such to me...

Ethel Percy Andrus: Such to me...

Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.

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I am, indeed,...

I am, indeed,...

I am, indeed, a king, for I know how to rule myself.

Source: From George Osner's...

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Our mistake, you...

Our mistake, you...

Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening . . . And now along...

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Great literature must...

Great literature must...

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come...

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Gloria Steinem: Writing is the...

Gloria Steinem: Writing is the...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something...

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Words have their...

Words have their...

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have...

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Paul Verlaine: And everything else...

Paul Verlaine: And everything else...

And everything else is just literature

Source: [Et tout le reste est litt?rature];...

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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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I make mistakes;...

I make mistakes;...

I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.

Source: The Snake Has All the...

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[Music has]...

[Music has]...

[Music has] the beauty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of...

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Harold Rosenberg: Whoever undertakes to...

Harold Rosenberg: Whoever undertakes to...

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the...

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Bob Gibson: When I was...

Bob Gibson: When I was...

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing...

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Long experience has...

Long experience has...

Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theatre unless he or she has...

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One sees that...

One sees that...

One sees that dead, vacant look steal over the rarest, finest of women's faces . . . in the very midst, it may be, of...

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Romare Howard Bearden: Practically all great...

Romare Howard Bearden: Practically all great...

Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But . . . the artist with vision sees his material,...

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George Bancroft: The public is...

George Bancroft: The public is...

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Were marriage no...

Were marriage no...

Were marriage no more than a convenient screen for sexuality, some less cumbersome and costly protection must have...

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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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Bobby Knight: You don't play...

Bobby Knight: You don't play...

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

Source:...

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