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Emile Durkheim: Sadness does not...

Emile Durkheim: Sadness does not...

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. ...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Fear is not...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Fear is not...

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Source: A...

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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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Robert Brustein: The primary function...

Robert Brustein: The primary function...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve...

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Mary Lyon: When you choose...

Mary Lyon: When you choose...

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

Source:...

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Mark Hopkins: Language is the...

Mark Hopkins: Language is the...

Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.

Source: In The New Webster's...

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Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

Emily James Putnam: The selfishness that...

The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone is concerned, blooms freely and...

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Nannie Burroughs: To struggle and...

Nannie Burroughs: To struggle and...

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to...

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Michel de Certeau: New York has...

Michel de Certeau: New York has...

New York has never learnt the art of growing old by playing on all its pasts. Its present invents itself, from hour to...

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Benjamin E Mays: We, today, stand...

Benjamin E Mays: We, today, stand...

We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch...

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Thomas Mann: An art whose...

Thomas Mann: An art whose...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a...

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Thomas Mann: Order and simplification...

Thomas Mann: Order and simplification...

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

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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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Lewis Carroll: That's the reason...

Lewis Carroll: That's the reason...

That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lesson from day to day.

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Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Taylor Caldwell: But what was...

Taylor Caldwell: But what was...

But what was a body? Dust, dung, urine, itches. It was the light within which was important, and it was not...

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Sinclair Lewis: Don't be a...

Sinclair Lewis: Don't be a...

Don't be a writer. Writing is an escape from something. You be a scientist.

Source:...

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Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a silence in the heart.

Source: A Cedar Box.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2...

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