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Lois McMaster Bujold: You couldn't be...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You couldn't be...

You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into...

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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them...

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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George Bancroft: The public is...

George Bancroft: The public is...

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Jacob Bronowski: Knowledge is not...

Jacob Bronowski: Knowledge is not...

Knowledge is not a loose-leaf notebook of facts. Above all, it is a responsibility for the integrity of what we are,...

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George Borrow: Youth will be...

George Borrow: Youth will be...

Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.

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George S Patton: You need to...

George S Patton: You need to...

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

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Siegfried Sassoon: And when the...

Siegfried Sassoon: And when the...

And when the war is done and youth stone dead
I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed.


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Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Source: The...

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Desiderius Erasmus: I have turned...

Desiderius Erasmus: I have turned...

I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some...

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Louis Brandeis: Most of the...

Louis Brandeis: Most of the...

Most of the things worth doing in the world have been declared impossible before they were...

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Harry A Blackmun: It is precisely...

Harry A Blackmun: It is precisely...

It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that...

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Jacques Barzun: The intellectuals' chief...

Jacques Barzun: The intellectuals' chief...

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

Source: The...

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Ralph Ellison: I am invisible,...

Ralph Ellison: I am invisible,...

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Source: The...

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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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Ralph Ellison: Good fiction is...

Ralph Ellison: Good fiction is...

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.

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Philip Guedalla: Autobiography is an...

Philip Guedalla: Autobiography is an...

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

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Benjamin L Hooks: A good history...

Benjamin L Hooks: A good history...

A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a...

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Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with...

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