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Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are...

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John LeCarre: A committee is...

John LeCarre: A committee is...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...

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Peter De Vries: I love being...

Peter De Vries: I love being...

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Deepak Chopra: The physical world,...

Deepak Chopra: The physical world,...

The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the...

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Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Benjamin Rush: Our authors and...

Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their...

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Edward De Bono: The need to...

Edward De Bono: The need to...

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them...

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Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the...

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine: The novel can't...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: The novel can't...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had a good feed and tanked up on...

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George Gurdjieff: Without self knowledge,...

George Gurdjieff: Without self knowledge,...

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot...

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Stephen Leacock: Men are able...

Stephen Leacock: Men are able...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to...

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Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be...

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Christopher Lasch: Today Americans are...

Christopher Lasch: Today Americans are...

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have...

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Robert Brustein: The people who...

Robert Brustein: The people who...

The people who spoke [those lines] were inhabitants of the earth, not brocaded humanoids from some far-flung...

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Mary Lyon: There is nothing...

Mary Lyon: There is nothing...

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do...

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Emma Hart Willard: He is not...

Emma Hart Willard: He is not...

He is not necessarily the best teacher who performs the most labour; makes his pupils work the hardest, and bustle the...

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Henry David Thoreau: What lies behind...

Henry David Thoreau: What lies behind...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within...

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Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action.

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Nancy Astor: A fool without...

Nancy Astor: A fool without...

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

Source: My Two...

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Salman Rushdie: In this world...

Salman Rushdie: In this world...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible,...

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