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Mary McCarthy: There are no...

Mary McCarthy: There are no...

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without...

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Ossie Davis: I find, in...

Ossie Davis: I find, in...

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

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Abigail Adams: Learning is not...

Abigail Adams: Learning is not...

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with...

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Thomas Browne: A man may...

Thomas Browne: A man may...

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

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Henry David Thoreau: Read the best...

Henry David Thoreau: Read the best...

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

Source: A...

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Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to...

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: What is life?...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: What is life?...

What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story,/And the greatest good is little enough:/for all life is a dream, and...

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Eudora Welty: It had been...

Eudora Welty: It had been...

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were...

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Nora Ephron: I am continually...

Nora Ephron: I am continually...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from...

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Roy Wilkins: Muffle your rage....

Roy Wilkins: Muffle your rage....

Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular.

Source: Giovanni, Encore, May...

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Jean Giraudoux: Only the mediocre...

Jean Giraudoux: Only the mediocre...

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody...

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News is history...

News is history...

News is history shot on the wing. The huntsmen from the Fourth Estate seek to bag only the peacock or the eagle of the...

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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: Train your head...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: Train your head...

Train your head and hands to do, your head and heart to dare.

Source: Links of...

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Mickey Mantle: All the ballparks...

Mickey Mantle: All the ballparks...

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that...

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Samuel Foote: So she went...

Samuel Foote: So she went...

So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming...

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Ruth Benedict: I have always...

Ruth Benedict: I have always...

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: A name pronounced...

Henry David Thoreau: A name pronounced...

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can...

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Reasoning with a...

Reasoning with a...

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your...

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Francis Picabia: Youth doesn't reason,...

Francis Picabia: Youth doesn't reason,...

Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his...

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Jacob Bronowski: That series of...

Jacob Bronowski: That series of...

That series of inventions by which man from age to age has remade his environment is a different kind of evolution --...

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