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Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Source: In The Electric Kool-Aid...

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Jane Austen: How can you...

Jane Austen: How can you...

How can you contrive to write so even?

Source: (Miss Bingley) Pride and Prejudice,...

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Richard Bach: The best way...

Richard Bach: The best way...

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Source: The Bridge Across...

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Richard Bach: Not being known...

Richard Bach: Not being known...

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Source: From BilLee's...

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Richard Bach: Do you know...

Richard Bach: Do you know...

Do you know what I learned from you? I learned what is possible, and now I must hold out for what I thought we...

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Richard Bach: To fly as...

Richard Bach: To fly as...

To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is. He said, you must begin by knowing that you have already...

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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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Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early...

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Taylor Caldwell: Learning . ....

Taylor Caldwell: Learning . ....

Learning . . . should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion...

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Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same...

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: A sense of...

Dwight D Eisenhower: A sense of...

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things...

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William Temple: The best rules...

William Temple: The best rules...

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in...

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Joseph Marie De Maistre: To know how...

Joseph Marie De Maistre: To know how...

To know how to wait is the great secret of success.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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Antonio Gramsci: [A]fter puberty the...

Antonio Gramsci: [A]fter puberty the...

[A]fter puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious. . . . Now it so...

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Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

Nancy Astor: The main dangers...

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Capital as such...

Mahatma Gandhi: Capital as such...

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be...

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Manly Hall: Words are potent...

Manly Hall: Words are potent...

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages...

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