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Richard Bach: You are never...

Richard Bach: You are never...

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it,...

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Mark Twain: Why was the...

Mark Twain: Why was the...

Why was the human race created? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit...

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Mary McCarthy: It has to...

Mary McCarthy: It has to...

It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of...

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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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Stephen Leacock: I am a...

Stephen Leacock: I am a...

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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Kelly Miller: All great people...

Kelly Miller: All great people...

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized...

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Emma Hart Willard: Rocked in the...

Emma Hart Willard: Rocked in the...

Rocked in the cradle of the deep
I lay me down in peace to sleep;
Secure I rest upon the wave,
For Thou, O...

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Emily James Putnam: In contemporary society...

Emily James Putnam: In contemporary society...

In contemporary society [the typical lady] is an archaism, and can't hardly understand herself unless she knows her...

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Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

Nannie Burroughs: We specialize in...

We specialize in the wholly impossible.

Source: Motto of the National Training...

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Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between...

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Kingsley Amis: I wish I...

Kingsley Amis: I wish I...

I wish I could have a little tape-and-loudspeaker arrangement sewn into the binding of this magazine, to be triggered...

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Italo Calvino: It is not...

Italo Calvino: It is not...

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

Source: Marco Polo, in...

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Italo Calvino: Everything can change,...

Italo Calvino: Everything can change,...

Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than one's...

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Charles Simmons: Most of the...

Charles Simmons: Most of the...

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Ralph Ellison: The act of...

Ralph Ellison: The act of...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers...

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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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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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Pearl Buck: In this unbelievable...

Pearl Buck: In this unbelievable...

In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity,...

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Ralph Ellison: Eclecticism is the...

Ralph Ellison: Eclecticism is the...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by...

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Ralph Ellison: The end is...

Ralph Ellison: The end is...

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

Source: Invisible Man, 1952
--...

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