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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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Thomas Mann: Order and simplification...

Thomas Mann: Order and simplification...

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

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Epictetus: What concerns me...

Epictetus: What concerns me...

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

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Kingsley Amis: He was of...

Kingsley Amis: He was of...

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was...

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Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue,...

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Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

Robert Penn Warren: I think the...

I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or...

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Frederick Buechner: In his holy...

Frederick Buechner: In his holy...

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called...

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John Mason Neale: Christian! dost thou...

John Mason Neale: Christian! dost thou...

Christian! dost thou see them
On the holy ground,
How the troops of Midian
Prowl and prowl...

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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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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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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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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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