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Kingsley Amis: A dusty thudding...

Kingsley Amis: A dusty thudding...

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some...

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Alice Walker: Expect nothing. Live...

Alice Walker: Expect nothing. Live...

Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.


Source: Expect Nothing, Revolutionary...

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Carolyn Wells: The books we...

Carolyn Wells: The books we...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to...

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Nora Ephron: I am continually...

Nora Ephron: I am continually...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The cleverest of...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The cleverest of...

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a...

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John Buchan: Civilization is a...

John Buchan: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a conspiracy. . . . Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up...

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Harold Macmillan: He is forever...

Harold Macmillan: He is forever...

He is forever poised between a clich? and an indiscretion.

Source: On position of...

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Paul Sweeney: Self-delusion is pulling...

Paul Sweeney: Self-delusion is pulling...

Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.

Source: In...

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Joseph Goebbels: Whoever can conquer...

Joseph Goebbels: Whoever can conquer...

Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any...

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Martin Bormann: Films and gramophone...

Martin Bormann: Films and gramophone...

Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Leadership is the...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do...

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Henry Kissinger: The absence of...

Henry Kissinger: The absence of...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Source: In Webster's...

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Peter De Vries: Every novel should...

Peter De Vries: Every novel should...

Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end.

Source: In Webster's...

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Louis Auchincloss: The glittering structure...

Louis Auchincloss: The glittering structure...

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake...

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Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Source:...

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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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Mahatma Gandhi: Rationalists are admirable...

Mahatma Gandhi: Rationalists are admirable...

Rationalists are admirable beings, rationalism is a hideous monster when it claims for itself omnipotence. Attribution...

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Plato: Arguments derived from...

Plato: Arguments derived from...

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

Source: Phaedo.
-- Plato, (May 21...

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Manly Hall: It is only...

Manly Hall: It is only...

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in...

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Manly Hall: The end of...

Manly Hall: The end of...

The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

Source: In...

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