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Nelson Algren: The hard necessity...

Nelson Algren: The hard necessity...

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the...

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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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Ralph Ellison: The act of...

Ralph Ellison: The act of...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers...

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Ralph Ellison: I am invisible,...

Ralph Ellison: I am invisible,...

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Source: The...

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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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Francois Rabelais: What cannot be...

Francois Rabelais: What cannot be...

What cannot be cured must be endured.

Source: Works.
-- Francois Rabelais, ( ...

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William A Ward: Flatter me, and...

William A Ward: Flatter me, and...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you....

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Christopher Lasch: Today Americans are...

Christopher Lasch: Today Americans are...

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have...

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Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or...

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John Erskine: There's a difference...

John Erskine: There's a difference...

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices...

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Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their...

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John Aubrey: He had read...

John Aubrey: He had read...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his...

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A man only...

A man only...

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his...

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An opera begins...

An opera begins...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it...

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John Fletcher: Deeds, not words....

John Fletcher: Deeds, not words....

Deeds, not words.

Source: The Lover's Progress, Act iii. Sc. 4.
-- John...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: In everything the...

Titus Maccius Plautus: In everything the...

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

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Peter Drucker: Charisma becomes the...

Peter Drucker: Charisma becomes the...

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility, unable to...

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Denise Levertov: Every day, every...

Denise Levertov: Every day, every...

Every day, every day I hear
enough to fill
a year of nights with wondering.


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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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Henry Kissinger: The illegal we...

Henry Kissinger: The illegal we...

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Source:...

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