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Milan Kundera: For a novelist,...

Milan Kundera: For a novelist,...

For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question:...

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Milan Kundera: The basis of...

Milan Kundera: The basis of...

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be...

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Margaret Atwood: Gardening is not...

Margaret Atwood: Gardening is not...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Source: Bluebeard's Egg/ 1986
-- Margaret...

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Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . . not simply working from the given, but toward the...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Native always means people who belong somewhere else, because they had once belonged somewhere. That shows that the...

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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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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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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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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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Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

But the typical lady everywhere tends to the feudal habit of mind.

Source:...

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Gilbert Highet: [B]y taking down...

Gilbert Highet: [B]y taking down...

[B]y taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time...

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Warren Bennis: Failing organizations are...

Warren Bennis: Failing organizations are...

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

Source: The...

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Deepak Chopra: Every person is...

Deepak Chopra: Every person is...

Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.

Source: In The...

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Deepak Chopra: You and I...

Deepak Chopra: You and I...

You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all...

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Wayne Dyer: Be miserable. Or...

Wayne Dyer: Be miserable. Or...

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

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Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Never believe straight...

Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Never believe straight...

Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's yes, all's well. ...

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John Aubrey: He had read...

John Aubrey: He had read...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his...

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Carl Sagan: It Is of...

Carl Sagan: It Is of...

It Is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to 50 words used in...

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