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V S Naipaul: Ignorant people in...

V S Naipaul: Ignorant people in...

Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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Joseph Heller: The enemy is...

Joseph Heller: The enemy is...

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

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Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being...

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Peter De Vries: I love being...

Peter De Vries: I love being...

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Source: In Webster's...

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Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Source: The narrator, Joe...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: What counts is...

Dwight D Eisenhower: What counts is...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the...

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George V: My father was...

George V: My father was...

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father, and I'm damned well going to make sure that my...

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Morarji Desai: It is easy...

Morarji Desai: It is easy...

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are...

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Joseph Goebbels: Whoever can conquer...

Joseph Goebbels: Whoever can conquer...

Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any...

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Benito Mussolini: Fascism is a...

Benito Mussolini: Fascism is a...

Fascism is a religion; the twentieth century will be known in history as the century of...

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Jean Toomer: Perhaps . ....

Jean Toomer: Perhaps . ....

Perhaps . . . our lot on the earth is to seek and to search. Now and again we find just enough to enable us to carry...

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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Charles Kingsley: He was one...

Charles Kingsley: He was one...

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use...

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Charles Kingsley: We act as...

Charles Kingsley: We act as...

We act as though comfort luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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Homer: It is always...

Homer: It is always...

It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

Source:...

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Milan Kundera: No great movement...

Milan Kundera: No great movement...

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes...

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