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Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for...

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Artemus Ward: When a fellow...

Artemus Ward: When a fellow...

When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

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Mark Twain: It is difference...

Mark Twain: It is difference...

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson Ch....

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Source: The Country of the...

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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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Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Charles Kingsley: Young blood must...

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Source: In Correct...

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Charles Kingsley: We act as...

Charles Kingsley: We act as...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy...

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Charles Buxton: In life, as...

Charles Buxton: In life, as...

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Charles Buxton: Self-laudation abounds among...

Charles Buxton: Self-laudation abounds among...

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as...

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Artemus Ward: I am happiest...

Artemus Ward: I am happiest...

I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labor, and at the expiration of...

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Thomas Mann: Literature. . ....

Thomas Mann: Literature. . ....

Literature. . . is the union of suffering with the instinct for form.

Source: In...

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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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Nelson Algren: I went out...

Nelson Algren: I went out...

I went out there [Hollywood] for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired...

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Mary Stewart: It is harder...

Mary Stewart: It is harder...

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Source: The Last...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Literature that is...

Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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Richard Bach: Argue for your...

Richard Bach: Argue for your...

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.

Source: In Webster's...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: It is only...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: It is only...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the...

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