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Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand...

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

Source: In...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Judith Krantz: The only way...

Judith Krantz: The only way...

The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to...

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Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Source: The act of Creation, bk....

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Arthur Koestler: The more original...

Arthur Koestler: The more original...

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Source: In The...

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Immanuel Kant: I had to...

Immanuel Kant: I had to...

I had to set limits to knowledge in order to make place for faith.

Source: In The...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: The metaphor is...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: The metaphor is...

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man.

Source: The...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Is not life...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Is not life...

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Source: In Pearls...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Most of the...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Most of the...

Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: When we talk...

Friedrich Nietzsche: When we talk...

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which is no way...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

A great man is always willing to be little.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . . not simply working from the given, but toward the...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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J R R Tolkien: Faithless is he...

J R R Tolkien: Faithless is he...

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Source: The dwarf Gimli,...

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Ivan Turgenev: If we wait...

Ivan Turgenev: If we wait...

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never...

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Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in...

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Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where...

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