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John Bunyan: My sword I...

John Bunyan: My sword I...

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get...

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Peter De Vries: There are times...

Peter De Vries: There are times...

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual...

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Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Elie Wiesel: Writing is not...

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more...

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Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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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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Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

If someone tells you he is going to make a realistic decision, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do...

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Salman Rushdie: When thought becomes...

Salman Rushdie: When thought becomes...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

Source: In...

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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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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people...

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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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Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Source: The narrator, Joe...

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William Morris: Not on one...

William Morris: Not on one...

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Jackson Pollock: When I say...

Jackson Pollock: When I say...

When I say artist I mean the man who is building things -- creating molding the earth -- whether it be the plains of...

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Davy Crockett: Remember that a...

Davy Crockett: Remember that a...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you...

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Blaise Pascal: If you would...

Blaise Pascal: If you would...

If you would have people speak well of you, then do not speak well of yourself.

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Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in...

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Isaac Asimov: No sensible decision...

Isaac Asimov: No sensible decision...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Less is more....

Less is more.

Source: New York Herald Tribune, 1959.
-- Ludwig Mies van der...

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Richard Buckminster Fuller: My ideas have...

Richard Buckminster Fuller: My ideas have...

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are...

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