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Alexander Calder: If you can...

Alexander Calder: If you can...

If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it . . . The universe is real but you can't see...

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Isaac Asimov: Though science can...

Isaac Asimov: Though science can...

Though science can cause problems, it is not by ignorance that we will solve them.

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William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their...

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John Locke: The actions of...

John Locke: The actions of...

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Source: In The...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: And if your...

Friedrich Nietzsche: And if your...

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Man... cannot learn...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Man... cannot learn...

Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with...

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Edward Everett Hale: Never bear more...

Edward Everett Hale: Never bear more...

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble -- the ones they've had,...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: The drums of...

Mary McLeod Bethune: The drums of...

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is an...

E L Doctorow: Writing is an...

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Source: In...

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Pliny the Elder: The lust of...

Pliny the Elder: The lust of...

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

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Mickey Spillane: If the public...

Mickey Spillane: If the public...

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his...

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Kenneth Grahame: It is the...

Kenneth Grahame: It is the...

It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly...

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J B S Haldane: A fairly bright...

J B S Haldane: A fairly bright...

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

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Henry Brooks Adams: Philosophy: unintelligible answers...

Henry Brooks Adams: Philosophy: unintelligible answers...

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Source: Adams's...

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Facts are facts...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Facts are facts...

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.

Source: In Instant...

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Mark Hopkins: Our prayer and...

Mark Hopkins: Our prayer and...

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other...

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Martha Carey Thomas: It is the...

Martha Carey Thomas: It is the...

It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new...

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Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries...

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