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Sholom Aleichem: Gossip is nature's...

Sholom Aleichem: Gossip is nature's...

Gossip is nature's telephone.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Leo Tolstoy: Error is the...

Leo Tolstoy: Error is the...

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of...

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Sylvia Plath: If neurotic is...

Sylvia Plath: If neurotic is...

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be...

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John LeCarre: For decades to...

John LeCarre: For decades to...

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is...

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John LeCarre: It's easy to...

John LeCarre: It's easy to...

It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a...

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John LeCarre: Writing is like...

John LeCarre: Writing is like...

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud...

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Lewis Carroll: One can't believe...

Lewis Carroll: One can't believe...

One can't believe impossible things.
I daresay you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age,...

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Italo Calvino: The satirist is...

Italo Calvino: The satirist is...

The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is...

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Italo Calvino: The human race...

Italo Calvino: The human race...

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.

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Margaret Atwood: Canada was built...

Margaret Atwood: Canada was built...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Source: National Public Radio Interview/...

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Nora Ephron: I always read...

Nora Ephron: I always read...

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned...

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Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Gertrude Stein: Considering how dangerous...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really frightening.

Source: In...

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J B S Haldane: If you want...

J B S Haldane: If you want...

If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.

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J B S Haldane: If human beings...

J B S Haldane: If human beings...

If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically...

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John Lubbock: Be cautious, but...

John Lubbock: Be cautious, but...

Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will...

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Naomi Weisstein: It's as if...

Naomi Weisstein: It's as if...

It's as if we women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up low slung racing cars, and we're...

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Desiderius Erasmus: The desire to...

Desiderius Erasmus: The desire to...

The desire to write grows with writing.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Thomas Fuller: All things are...

Thomas Fuller: All things are...

All things are difficult before they are easy.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Harry A Blackmun: We're all eccentrics....

Harry A Blackmun: We're all eccentrics....

We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas.

Source: In Time, 6 Feb 1984.
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William O Douglas: It seemed to...

William O Douglas: It seemed to...

It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off.

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