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Wilkie Collins: This is the...

Wilkie Collins: This is the...

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can...

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Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes...

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Albert Pike: The eyes of...

Albert Pike: The eyes of...

The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the...

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V S Naipaul: Ignorant people in...

V S Naipaul: Ignorant people in...

Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.

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Gaston Bachelard: One must always...

Gaston Bachelard: One must always...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with...

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If we were...

If we were...

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician...

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Gaston Bachelard: So, like a...

Gaston Bachelard: So, like a...

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

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Eugene O'Neill: Happiness hates the...

Eugene O'Neill: Happiness hates the...

Happiness hates the timid! So does science!

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Abigail Adams: [A]rbitrary power is...

Abigail Adams: [A]rbitrary power is...

[A]rbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken . ....

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V S Naipaul: The world is...

V S Naipaul: The world is...

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in...

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Raoul Vaneigem: In the kingdom...

Raoul Vaneigem: In the kingdom...

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in...

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Jerry Rubin: Most men act...

Jerry Rubin: Most men act...

Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not...

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Aesop: Beware that you...

Aesop: Beware that you...

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Source:...

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Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body...

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Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic. . .

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Henry Brooks Adams: No man likes...

Henry Brooks Adams: No man likes...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it...

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Aesop: Be content with...

Aesop: Be content with...

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Source: From Ashleys...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Come to the...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Come to the...

Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them... and they...

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Raoul Vaneigem: There are more...

Raoul Vaneigem: There are more...

There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Now and then...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Now and then...

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

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