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Freda Adler: The Rubicons which...

Freda Adler: The Rubicons which...

The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in the...

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bell hooks: She wants to...

bell hooks: She wants to...

She wants to express herself -- to speak her mind. To them it is just talking back.

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Carl Sagan: All inquires carry...

Carl Sagan: All inquires carry...

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our...

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Johanna Spyri: Anger has overpowered...

Johanna Spyri: Anger has overpowered...

Anger has overpowered him, and driven him to a revenge which was rather a stupid one, I must acknowledge, but anger...

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Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Source:...

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Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Lisa Alther: Poets are the...

Lisa Alther: Poets are the...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, I've always felt that a person's intelligence is...

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Andre Malraux: Genius is not...

Andre Malraux: Genius is not...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with...

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Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same...

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V S Naipaul: I am the...

V S Naipaul: I am the...

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

Source: In...

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Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Lisa Alther: Dying was apparently...

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Jean Toomer: We start with...

Jean Toomer: We start with...

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.

Source: Definitions and...

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Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

Charles Kingsley: The world goes...

The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterday's sneer and...

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Joseph Heller: When I grow...

Joseph Heller: When I grow...

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Source: Something Happened.
-- Joseph...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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Milan Kundera: Happiness is the...

Milan Kundera: Happiness is the...

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch...

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James B Conant: Democracy is a...

James B Conant: Democracy is a...

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are...

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