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Some luck lies...

Some luck lies...

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you...

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People tend to...

People tend to...

People tend to vote the present tense -- not the subjective.

Source: On CBS-TV, 8...

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A pessimist is...

A pessimist is...

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Genius-worship is the...

Genius-worship is the...

Genius-worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.

Source: Art,...

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot...

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Letters are useful...

Letters are useful...

Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without practice, beg...

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Reason is the...

Reason is the...

Reason is the servant of instinct.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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I won't be...

I won't be...

I won't be remembered for my writing. I'll be remembered as Scott's mistress.

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Cooking is like...

Cooking is like...

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.

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The ultimate sin...

The ultimate sin...

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

Source: In Village...

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Existence is a...

Existence is a...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from...

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I have always...

I have always...

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep...

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A book is...

A book is...

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds...

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Just as there...

Just as there...

Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or...

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Perhaps no mightier...

Perhaps no mightier...

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own...

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Some folks can...

Some folks can...

Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable.

Source: In...

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INVENTOR, n. --...

INVENTOR, n. --...

INVENTOR, n. -- A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it...

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People who insist...

People who insist...

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

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The family fireside...

The family fireside...

The family fireside is the best of schools.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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We spend January...

We spend January...

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be...

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