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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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Robert Ludlum: The premise which...

Robert Ludlum: The premise which...

The premise which will be the spinal thunderbolt of an incredible tale begins to take on substance as characters...

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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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Peter De Vries: It is the...

Peter De Vries: It is the...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

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Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Source: The act of Creation, bk....

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Robert Brustein: Olivier's idea of...

Robert Brustein: Olivier's idea of...

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined...

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Robert Brustein: The people who...

Robert Brustein: The people who...

The people who spoke [those lines] were inhabitants of the earth, not brocaded humanoids from some far-flung...

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Nicholas Butler: An expert is...

Nicholas Butler: An expert is...

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

Source: Commencement...

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Emma Hart Willard: The education of...

Emma Hart Willard: The education of...

The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and...

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Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

But the typical lady everywhere tends to the feudal habit of mind.

Source:...

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Nannie Burroughs: Don't wait for...

Nannie Burroughs: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for deliverers.... I like that quotation, Moses, my servant, is dead. Therefore, arise and go over Jordan....

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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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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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Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Freda Adler: Woman throughout the...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: It is the...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: It is the...

It is the black poet who bridges the gap in tradition, who modifies tradition when experience demands it, who...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

May those whose holy task it is,
To guide impulsive youth,
Fail not to cherish in their souls
A reverence for...

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Warren Bennis: Ineffective leaders often...

Warren Bennis: Ineffective leaders often...

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

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William Stanley Braithwaite: There was something...

William Stanley Braithwaite: There was something...

There was something in me grieves
That was never born, and died.


Source: Throw...

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Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action.

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Konrad Adenauer: History is the...

Konrad Adenauer: History is the...

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

Source: In...

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