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Thomas Browne: The world --...

Thomas Browne: The world --...

The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Thomas Browne: They do most...

Thomas Browne: They do most...

They do most by Books, who could do much without them, and he that chiefly owes himself unto himself, is the...

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Howard Thurman: He who fears...

Howard Thurman: He who fears...

He who fears is literally delivered to destruction.

Source: In Famous Black...

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Ruth Benedict: No man ever...

Ruth Benedict: No man ever...

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and...

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Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Ruth Benedict: Our faith in...

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Source: An...

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Ruth Benedict: The adequate study...

Ruth Benedict: The adequate study...

The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only...

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Ruth Benedict: The trouble with...

Ruth Benedict: The trouble with...

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

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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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Bobby Fischer: I have nothing...

Bobby Fischer: I have nothing...

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing...

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Anne Sullivan: My heart is...

Anne Sullivan: My heart is...

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little...

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Anne Sullivan: Keep on beginning...

Anne Sullivan: Keep on beginning...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have...

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Joan L Curcio: Advances are made...

Joan L Curcio: Advances are made...

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can...

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John Hope: Rise, Brothers! Come...

John Hope: Rise, Brothers! Come...

Rise, Brothers! Come let us possess this land. Never say: Let well enough alone . . . Be discontented. Be...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The myth of...

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

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Benjamin E Mays: [H]owever hard the...

Benjamin E Mays: [H]owever hard the...

[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we...

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Peter De Vries: I love being...

Peter De Vries: I love being...

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Source: In Webster's...

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Peter De Vries: I write when...

Peter De Vries: I write when...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every...

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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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James Thurber: Why do you...

James Thurber: Why do you...

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Source: Attrib. Actually...

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V S Naipaul: To read a...

V S Naipaul: To read a...

To read a newspaper for the first time is like coming into a film that has been on for an hour. Newspapers are like...

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