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I am all...

I am all...

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the...

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A J P Taylor: Lenin was the...

A J P Taylor: Lenin was the...

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First...

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Jack Dempsey: A good fighter...

Jack Dempsey: A good fighter...

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to...

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If you live...

If you live...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Source:...

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Adam Smith: People of the...

Adam Smith: People of the...

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a...

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Robert Louis Stevenson: Keep your fears...

Robert Louis Stevenson: Keep your fears...

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Source: In The...

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Arthur Ashe: If you're paid...

Arthur Ashe: If you're paid...

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on...

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When in doubt,...

When in doubt,...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and...

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M C Escher: My work is...

M C Escher: My work is...

My work is a game -- a very serious game.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

Sholom Aleichem: The rich swell...

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Margot Asquith: He's very clever,...

Margot Asquith: He's very clever,...

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source: Referring to F....

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only...

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America loves the...

America loves the...

America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: One ugly trick...

One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Robert Brustein: The primary function...

Robert Brustein: The primary function...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve...

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The day knowledge...

The day knowledge...

The day knowledge was preferred to wisdom and mere usefulness to beauty. . . . Only a moral revolution -- not a social...

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Louise Erdrich: For a short...

Louise Erdrich: For a short...

For a short while, our mothers bodies are the boundaries and personal geography which are all that we know of the...

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