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Jessamyn West: Talent is helpful...

Jessamyn West: Talent is helpful...

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Source: In Words...

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You can keep...

You can keep...

You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a...

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Bobby Fischer: Chess is life....

Bobby Fischer: Chess is life....

Chess is life.

Source: In Idle Passion, by A. Cockburn, 1975.
-- Bobby Fischer,...

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Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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Bobby Fischer: The old chess...

Bobby Fischer: The old chess...

The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same...

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Jean Toomer: Men try to...

Jean Toomer: Men try to...

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

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Francis Bacon: The art of...

Francis Bacon: The art of...

The art of invention grows young with the things invented.

Source: In Isaac...

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Charles Barkley: The main thing...

Charles Barkley: The main thing...

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

Source: NBC-TV on 11...

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Ellen Glasgow: A tragic irony...

Ellen Glasgow: A tragic irony...

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which...

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Meister Eckhart: He who would...

Meister Eckhart: He who would...

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

Source: In The...

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Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.

Source: Bluebeard's Egg,...

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For humanity has...

For humanity has...

For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being...

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Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of...

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Drugs are not...

Drugs are not...

Drugs are not always necessary, but belief in recovery always is.

Source: In

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Alexis Carrel: Comforts and syphilis...

Alexis Carrel: Comforts and syphilis...

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

Source: In Inspiring...

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Dora Russell: We do not...

Dora Russell: We do not...

We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust...

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Meister Eckhart: If the only...

Meister Eckhart: If the only...

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.

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Dora Russell: We have heeded...

Dora Russell: We have heeded...

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of...

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