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First comes thought;...

First comes thought;...

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into...

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The vices of...

The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for errors; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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A failure will...

A failure will...

A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.

Source: In...

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Language is a...

Language is a...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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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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Aldous Huxley: The smallest fact...

Aldous Huxley: The smallest fact...

The smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

Source: cited...

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Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them...

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Peter De Vries: There are times...

Peter De Vries: There are times...

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

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Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more...

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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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Ralph Ellison: There must be...

Ralph Ellison: There must be...

There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the...

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Jean Toomer: We learn the...

Jean Toomer: We learn the...

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Louis Nizer: A man who...

Louis Nizer: A man who...

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man...

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William Jennings Bryan: Anglo-Saxon civilization has...

William Jennings Bryan: Anglo-Saxon civilization has...

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to...

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Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with...

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Edgar Watson Howe: No man would...

Edgar Watson Howe: No man would...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

Source: In...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Source: The Country of the...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or...

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Anthony Trollope: And above all...

Anthony Trollope: And above all...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is...

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