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Charles V: Name me an...

Charles V: Name me an...

Name me an Emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Source: Alleged remark, 23...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Dollars and guns...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Dollars and guns...

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

Source: Radio...

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George V: I venture to...

George V: I venture to...

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the...

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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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James Thurber: All men should...

James Thurber: All men should...

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and...

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Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Scientific power is like inherited wealth; attained without discipline. You read about what others have done, and you...

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Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Italo Calvino: When politicians and...

Italo Calvino: When politicians and...

When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign -- a bad sign...

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Lisa Alther: I happen to...

Lisa Alther: I happen to...

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting...

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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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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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Evelyn Waugh: I think to...

Evelyn Waugh: I think to...

I think to be oversensitive about clich?s is like being oversensitive about table manners.

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Andre Malraux: The crucial discovery...

Andre Malraux: The crucial discovery...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a...

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Richard Bach: [T]here is such...

Richard Bach: [T]here is such...

[T]here is such a thing as perfection . . . and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth ....

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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J B S Haldane: If you want...

J B S Haldane: If you want...

If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.

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Hannah Arendt: Poets. . ....

Hannah Arendt: Poets. . ....

Poets. . . are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: The greatness of...

Alexis de Tocqueville: The greatness of...

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Sandra Day O'Connor: Slaying the dragon...

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Source: In The...

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Dale Carnegie: The ideas I...

Dale Carnegie: The ideas I...

The ideas I stand for aren't mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from...

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