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Our mistake, you...

Our mistake, you...

Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening . . . And now along...

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Every kind of...

Every kind of...

Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind.

Source: In The Guinness Book...

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I would like...

I would like...

I would like to be Maria, but there is Las Callas who demands that I carry myself with her...

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Witter Bynner: A leader is...

Witter Bynner: A leader is...

A leader is best when people barely know he exists.

Source: In The New Webster's...

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J B Priestley: Depending upon shock...

J B Priestley: Depending upon shock...

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mighty-mouthed inventor...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mighty-mouthed inventor...

O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies,
O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity,
God-gifted organ voice of...

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Morarji Desai: Self-help must precede...

Morarji Desai: Self-help must precede...

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help...

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Joseph Goebbels: If the day...

Joseph Goebbels: If the day...

If the day should ever come when we [the Nazis] must go, if some day we are compelled to leave the scene of history,...

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Benito Mussolini: Fascism is a...

Benito Mussolini: Fascism is a...

Fascism is a religion; the twentieth century will be known in history as the century of...

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Harold Macmillan: Jaw-jaw is better...

Harold Macmillan: Jaw-jaw is better...

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

Source: Speech, 30 Jan. 1958, Canberra,...

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Ronald Reagan: Dreams became issues...

Ronald Reagan: Dreams became issues...

Dreams became issues of East versus West. Hopes became political rhetoric. Progress became a search for power and...

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Abba Eban: Consensus is what...

Abba Eban: Consensus is what...

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

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Charles V: Name me an...

Charles V: Name me an...

Name me an Emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Source: Alleged remark, 23...

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Warren Buffett: When a management...

Warren Buffett: When a management...

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the...

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Harold S Geneen: If your desk...

Harold S Geneen: If your desk...

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

Source: In...

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Barbara McClintock: If you know...

Barbara McClintock: If you know...

If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter...

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Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are...

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Vincent Van Gogh: If one hasn't...

Vincent Van Gogh: If one hasn't...

If one hasn't a horse, one is one's own horse.

Source:
-- Vincent Van Gogh,...

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Jules Feiffer: At 16 I...

Jules Feiffer: At 16 I...

At 16 I was stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. At 21 I was wise, self-confident, . . . and assertive. At 45 I'm...

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