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Mark Twain: I know all...

Mark Twain: I know all...

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of...

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Jean Paul Richter: Recollection is the...

Jean Paul Richter: Recollection is the...

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Source: In...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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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...

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Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Margaret Atwood: Sons branch out,...

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Jean Toomer: We learn the...

Jean Toomer: We learn the...

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

Source:
-- Charles Buxton, ( ...

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My life has...

My life has...

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.

Source: From Charades,...

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I don't know...

I don't know...

I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's...

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In the company...

In the company...

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate,...

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It's like meeting...

It's like meeting...

It's like meeting God without dying.

Source: Of Orson Welles.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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Too many people...

Too many people...

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having...

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Happiness, I have...

Happiness, I have...

Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.

Source:...

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I find I...

I find I...

I find I journalize too tediously. Let me try to abbreviate.

Source: Entry for 20...

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At man's core...

At man's core...

At man's core there's a voice that wants him never to give in to fear. But if it is true that in general man cannot...

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If you find...

If you find...

If you find a good solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next...

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Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single...

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A major advantage...

A major advantage...

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

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When in doubt,...

When in doubt,...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and...

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I have no...

I have no...

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English # no time to shine...

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