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Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Anthony Trollope: A man's mind...

Anthony Trollope: A man's mind...

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by...

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Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

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Konrad Lorenz: It is a...

Konrad Lorenz: It is a...

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It...

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James A Froude: The practical effect...

James A Froude: The practical effect...

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Source: In...

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Titus Livy: Men are least...

Titus Livy: Men are least...

Men are least safe from what success induces them not to fear.

Source: In The...

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Theodore H White: Generally students are...

Theodore H White: Generally students are...

Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and...

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Jacob Bronowski: The world is...

Jacob Bronowski: The world is...

The world is made of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower...

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Jacob Bronowski: That series of...

Jacob Bronowski: That series of...

That series of inventions by which man from age to age has remade his environment is a different kind of evolution --...

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Cleveland Amory: A good family,...

Cleveland Amory: A good family,...

A good family, it seems, is one that used to be better.

Source: Who Killed...

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Cleveland Amory: I can't take...

Cleveland Amory: I can't take...

I can't take a well-tanned person seriously.

Source:
-- Cleveland Amory, (Sep 2...

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Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Source: Letter to Mrs. William Robinson, her...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it . . . . That does not...

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Louis Nizer: Some people will...

Louis Nizer: Some people will...

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

Source: In Webster's...

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Alexander Cockburn: Be careful about...

Alexander Cockburn: Be careful about...

Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now...

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Orison Swett Marden: But how shall...

Orison Swett Marden: But how shall...

But how shall I get ideas? Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when...

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Orison Swett Marden: If you do...

Orison Swett Marden: If you do...

If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a...

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Orison Swett Marden: Nothing else so...

Orison Swett Marden: Nothing else so...

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be...

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Albert Pike: Philosophy is a...

Albert Pike: Philosophy is a...

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of...

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