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Eugene O'Neill: Obsessed by a...

Eugene O'Neill: Obsessed by a...

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of...

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Louise Erdrich: I think a...

Louise Erdrich: I think a...

I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it....

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Austin O'Malley: A hole is...

Austin O'Malley: A hole is...

A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.

Source: In The Wit and...

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Iris Murdoch: We live in...

Iris Murdoch: We live in...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find...

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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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Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

This is Daddy's bedtime secret for today: Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is...

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Brendan Behan: Critics are like...

Brendan Behan: Critics are like...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do...

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Jerry Rubin: The power to...

Jerry Rubin: The power to...

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

Source: In Webster's...

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Louise Erdrich: They were so...

Louise Erdrich: They were so...

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were;...

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V S Naipaul: I am the...

V S Naipaul: I am the...

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

Source: In...

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Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects...

Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects...

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Source:...

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Joseph Heller: He was a...

Joseph Heller: He was a...

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Source: Catch-22,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

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Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

Ethel Percy Andrus: The human contribution...

The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Shirley Jackson: It is only...

Shirley Jackson: It is only...

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of...

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: You are not...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: You are not...

You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human...

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Vida Blue: I think I...

Vida Blue: I think I...

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they...

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Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

A woman is like a tea bag -- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot...

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The average, healthy,...

The average, healthy,...

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain...

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If you can't...

If you can't...

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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