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Henry Kissinger: The absence of...

Henry Kissinger: The absence of...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Source: In Webster's...

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Rumer Godden: Pax: peace, but...

Rumer Godden: Pax: peace, but...

Pax: peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result. ....

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Benjamin Jowett: One man is...

Benjamin Jowett: One man is...

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

Source: In Life and...

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William A Ward: Wise are those...

William A Ward: Wise are those...

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top...

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Derek Bok: I won't say...

Derek Bok: I won't say...

I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to...

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Emily James Putnam: Until changing economic...

Emily James Putnam: Until changing economic...

Until changing economic conditions made the thing actually happen, struggling early society would hardly have guessed...

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Gilbert Highet: The mind never...

Gilbert Highet: The mind never...

The mind never need stop growing. One of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: The challenge for...

Mary Jean LeTendre: The challenge for...

The challenge for the 21st century is to bring together parents, the early childhood community, and schools so that...

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Robert Hayden: . . ....

Robert Hayden: . . ....

. . . your presence was shore where I rested
released from the hoodoo of that dance, where I spoke
with my true...

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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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Carl Sagan: It is the...

Carl Sagan: It is the...

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of...

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Stephen Leacock: It may be...

Stephen Leacock: It may be...

It may be those who do most, dream most.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Nancy Astor: A fool without...

Nancy Astor: A fool without...

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

Source: My Two...

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Kelly Miller: All great people...

Kelly Miller: All great people...

All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized...

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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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Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

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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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James Agee: Understanding, and action...

James Agee: Understanding, and action...

Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's...

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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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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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