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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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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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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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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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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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Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

The idea of a series of items, following one another docilely, forms the only possible reasonable approach to life if...

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Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of...

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Anthony Powell: Few persons who...

Anthony Powell: Few persons who...

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going...

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Tom Clancy: The difference between...

Tom Clancy: The difference between...

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

Source:...

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Ken Kesey: You can't really...

Ken Kesey: You can't really...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Source: One Flew...

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Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

The middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither: the past stretches back too densely, it is too...

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Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

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