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Research is a...

Research is a...

Research is a scientific activity dedicated to discovering what makes grass green.

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George Bernard Shaw: Obscenity can be...

George Bernard Shaw: Obscenity can be...

Obscenity can be found in every book except the telephone directory.

Source: In...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: He is indebted...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: He is indebted...

He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

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Nelson Algren: I went out...

Nelson Algren: I went out...

I went out there [Hollywood] for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired...

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Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Honest men live on charity in their age; the alm houses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men are...

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Robert Penn Warren: What is a...

Robert Penn Warren: What is a...

What is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding? It is the deepest part of...

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Ted Williams: If you don't...

Ted Williams: If you don't...

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

Source: In Friendly Advice, ed....

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Thomas Fuller: He that will...

Thomas Fuller: He that will...

He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.

Source: In...

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Just try to...

Just try to...

Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: We learn from...

George Bernard Shaw: We learn from...

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

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H Rap Brown: Being a man...

H Rap Brown: Being a man...

Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the...

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Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

Hannah Whitall Smith: The true secret...

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken...

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Hank Aaron: I never doubted...

Hank Aaron: I never doubted...

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys...

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Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Source: The...

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The real questions...

The real questions...

The real questions refuse to be placated. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately,...

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In creating, the...

In creating, the...

In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass blade's no easier to make than an...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: Though man a...

Though man a thinking being is defined,
Few use the grand prerogative of mind.
How few think justly of the...

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Molefi Kete Asante: A wise person...

Molefi Kete Asante: A wise person...

A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word that passes between one's teeth is meant for...

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Hank Aaron: You can only...

Hank Aaron: You can only...

You can only milk a cow so long, and then you're left holding the pail.

Source:...

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Molefi Kete Asante: The person who...

Molefi Kete Asante: The person who...

The person who strays away from the source is unroofed and is like dust blown about by the...

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