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Mary Stewart: I reached for...

Mary Stewart: I reached for...

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful...

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John LeCarre: For decades to...

John LeCarre: For decades to...

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is...

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Anais Nin: We do not...

Anais Nin: We do not...

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow...

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Ayn Rand: He liked to...

Ayn Rand: He liked to...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality,...

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George Sand: He who draws...

George Sand: He who draws...

He who draws noble delights from the sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all...

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Homer: Wise to resolve,...

Homer: Wise to resolve,...

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Charles Buxton: The rule in...

Charles Buxton: The rule in...

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a...

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Mary McCarthy: The happy ending...

Mary McCarthy: The happy ending...

The happy ending is our national belief.

Source: On the Contrary, pt. 1, America...

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Jack Kerouac: It is not...

Jack Kerouac: It is not...

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar...

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Robert Nathan: Give exceeding thanks...

Robert Nathan: Give exceeding thanks...

Give exceeding thanks for the mystery which remains a mystery still -- the veil that hides you from the infinite,...

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Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

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Michael Crichton: In the information...

Michael Crichton: In the information...

In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish...

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Mario Puzo: He was. ....

Mario Puzo: He was. ....

He was. . . a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war...

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Max Frisch: The difference between...

Max Frisch: The difference between...

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's...

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J B S Haldane: Shelley and Keats...

J B S Haldane: Shelley and Keats...

Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical...

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Pliny the Elder: Nothing which we...

Pliny the Elder: Nothing which we...

Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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John Dewey: Anyone who has...

John Dewey: Anyone who has...

Anyone who has begun to think places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Source:...

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Louis Brandeis: Behind every argument...

Louis Brandeis: Behind every argument...

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Louis Brandeis: Our government ....

Louis Brandeis: Our government ....

Our government . . . teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds...

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Dale Carnegie: Take a chance!...

Dale Carnegie: Take a chance!...

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and...

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