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Grandma Moses: I have written...

Grandma Moses: I have written...

I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday . . . I look back on my life a good day's...

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Corita Kent: Life is a...

Corita Kent: Life is a...

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Source: In...

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Paul Cezanne: You have no...

Paul Cezanne: You have no...

You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the...

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When I speak...

When I speak...

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Won't you come...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Won't you come...

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Source: Said to a...

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Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

When you jump for joy, beware that someone moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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Judith Krantz: I have only...

Judith Krantz: I have only...

I have only one reader -- me. I'm the average reader. If I like it, that's all I worry...

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Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

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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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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.

Source:...

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Jean Paul: Humankind's chief fault...

Jean Paul: Humankind's chief fault...

Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

Source: In The...

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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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Robert Nathan: A man's family...

Robert Nathan: A man's family...

A man's family sets him apart from all other living creatures. . . . Only man stands with his children from first to...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: In anything at...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: In anything at...

In anything at all, perfection is finally attained, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no...

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Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will...

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Margaret Drabble: When nothing is...

Margaret Drabble: When nothing is...

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Plutarch: Rest is the...

Plutarch: Rest is the...

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.

Source: In The Book of Success, ed. Richard Shea,...

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Gotthold Lessing: What education is...

Gotthold Lessing: What education is...

What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

Source:...

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Jean Jacques Rousseau: He who is...

Jean Jacques Rousseau: He who is...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.

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