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John Barrymore: You can only...

John Barrymore: You can only...

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: He who wishes...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: He who wishes...

He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a brief gesture, a gesture...

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Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world, contented I will be.
How...

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Sparky Anderson: Success is the...

Sparky Anderson: Success is the...

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

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When a man...

When a man...

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to...

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Anatole France: Never lend books,...

Anatole France: Never lend books,...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have...

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Euripides: Slight not what...

Euripides: Slight not what...

Slight not what is near, while aiming at what is far.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Claudius: To do nothing...

Claudius: To do nothing...

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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Defoe says that...

Defoe says that...

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery,...

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Vincent Van Gogh: If one is...

Vincent Van Gogh: If one is...

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding...

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Margaret Fuller: It is not...

Margaret Fuller: It is not...

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made...

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Consider the postage...

Consider the postage...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets...

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Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

Nikki Giovanni: It's not a...

It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a...

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Charles V: I came, I...

Charles V: I came, I...

I came, I saw, God conquered.

Source: Remark after the Battle of Muhlberg, 23 Apr...

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Osbert Sitwell: It is fatal...

Osbert Sitwell: It is fatal...

It is fatal to be appreciated in one's own time.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Live by publicity,...

Live by publicity,...

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Source: On President Ronald...

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William Gilbert: No good play...

William Gilbert: No good play...

No good play is a success; fine writing and high morals are useless on the stage. I have been scribbling twaddle for...

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To see itself...

To see itself...

To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though...

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Martin Luther: Every great book...

Martin Luther: Every great book...

Every great book is an action, and every great action is a book.

Source: In The...

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