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Thomas Carlyle: It is the...

Thomas Carlyle: It is the...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this...

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Alexander Kroll: Sometimes the best...

Alexander Kroll: Sometimes the best...

Sometimes the best way to heighten creativity is to stay out of the light.

Source:...

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George Orwell: Who controls the...

George Orwell: Who controls the...

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

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Chamber music --...

Chamber music --...

Chamber music -- a conversation between friends.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Never think that...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Never think that...

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is...

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Gaston Bachelard: So, like a...

Gaston Bachelard: So, like a...

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

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Music is the...

Music is the...

Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.

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George Bernard Shaw: I dread success....

George Bernard Shaw: I dread success....

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by...

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Henry Brooks Adams: It is always...

Henry Brooks Adams: It is always...

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

Source: Comment on Robert...

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Albert Camus: An achievement is...

Albert Camus: An achievement is...

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.

Source: In The...

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Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic. . .

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Great artists treasure...

Great artists treasure...

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Raoul Vaneigem: Who wants a...

Raoul Vaneigem: Who wants a...

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of...

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The primary function...

The primary function...

The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values,...

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Nancy Reagan: I have been...

Nancy Reagan: I have been...

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in...

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: From an evolutionary...

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: From an evolutionary...

From an evolutionary point of view, man has stopped moving, if he ever did move.

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George Bernard Shaw: Nothing is worth...

George Bernard Shaw: Nothing is worth...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Source: Hypatia, in...

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Adlai Stevenson: It's easier to...

Adlai Stevenson: It's easier to...

It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Source: In...

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William Jennings Bryan: One miracle is...

William Jennings Bryan: One miracle is...

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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