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Mark Twain: Duties are not...

Mark Twain: Duties are not...

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs...

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Harper Lee: Real courage is...

Harper Lee: Real courage is...

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter...

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Peter Abrahams: To get where...

Peter Abrahams: To get where...

To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.

Source: Tell Freedom,...

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Mary Stewart: But I have...

Mary Stewart: But I have...

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power -- they fear even the slightest and least likely threat...

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Publilius Syrus: From the errors...

Publilius Syrus: From the errors...

From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3,...

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Evelyn Waugh: Don't give your...

Evelyn Waugh: Don't give your...

Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Experience suggests it...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Experience suggests it...

Experience suggests it doesn?t matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive....

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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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Taylor Caldwell: He that hath...

Taylor Caldwell: He that hath...

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without...

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Rumer Godden: The motto was...

Rumer Godden: The motto was...

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Source: On a...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: What you are...

Lois McMaster Bujold: What you are...

What you are is a question only you can answer.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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Lisa Alther: Poets are the...

Lisa Alther: Poets are the...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, I've always felt that a person's intelligence is...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people...

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Richard Bach: The more I...

Richard Bach: The more I...

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Source: Illusions:...

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Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

Shirley Jackson: February, when the...

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of...

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Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

If someone tells you he is going to make a realistic decision, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do...

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Edward De Bono: The need to...

Edward De Bono: The need to...

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them...

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Henry David Thoreau: Man's capacities have...

Henry David Thoreau: Man's capacities have...

Man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedent, so little has been...

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Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: Now they have...

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: Now they have...

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask...

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Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: There will be...

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: There will be...

There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of...

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