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Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its...

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Horatio Nelson: Something must be...

Horatio Nelson: Something must be...

Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others.

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Jacques Cousteau: Man, of all...

Jacques Cousteau: Man, of all...

Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.

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Chiang Kai-Shek: We live in...

Chiang Kai-Shek: We live in...

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

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Ella T Grasso: It is not...

Ella T Grasso: It is not...

It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process; we must do something about...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a silence in the heart.

Source: A Cedar Box.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2...

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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Mark Twain: Familiarity breeds contempt....

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so...

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Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

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Ken Kesey: You don't lead...

Ken Kesey: You don't lead...

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Neither intelligence nor judgment are creative. If a sculptor is nothing but science and intelligence his hands will...

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Peter De Vries: You can make...

Peter De Vries: You can make...

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the...

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Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about...

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Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

Evelyn Waugh: I'm one of...

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Source: Decline and...

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Linus Pauling: Man's great power...

Linus Pauling: Man's great power...

Man's great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of...

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Linus Pauling: Science is the...

Linus Pauling: Science is the...

Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to...

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William A Ward: Flatter me, and...

William A Ward: Flatter me, and...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you....

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Derek Bok: I won't say...

Derek Bok: I won't say...

I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to...

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Robert Brustein: The primary function...

Robert Brustein: The primary function...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve...

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