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Great writers are...

Great writers are...

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Source: Novelists in Interview (ed....

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Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

The middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither: the past stretches back too densely, it is too...

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Norman Thomas: If you want...

Norman Thomas: If you want...

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.

Source: In The...

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J B Priestley: To show a...

J B Priestley: To show a...

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own -- this is...

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Paul Tournier: The more refined...

Paul Tournier: The more refined...

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

Source: The...

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Jean Toomer: Once a man...

Jean Toomer: Once a man...

Once a man has tasted creative action, then thereafter, no matter how safely he schools himself in patience, he is...

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Shirley Hufstedler: The role of...

Shirley Hufstedler: The role of...

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most...

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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone...

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If you make...

If you make...

If you make a product good enough . . . the public will make a path to your door, says the philosopher. But if you...

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Barbara De Angelis: The real act...

Barbara De Angelis: The real act...

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make...

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Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy...

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Alfred P Sloan, Jr: Take my assets...

Alfred P Sloan, Jr: Take my assets...

Take my assets -- but leave me my organization and in five years I'll have it all back.

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Harold Macmillan: At home you...

Harold Macmillan: At home you...

At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a...

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George Sand: The trade of...

George Sand: The trade of...

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

Source: Letter,...

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Ken Kesey: The trouble with...

Ken Kesey: The trouble with...

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

Source: In...

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Giuseppe Mazzini: Constancy is the...

Giuseppe Mazzini: Constancy is the...

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Lots of folks...

Lots of folks...

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Rather than denying...

Rather than denying...

Rather than denying problems, focus inventively, intentionally on what solutions might look or feel like. . . . Our...

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Alfred P Sloan, Jr: Work hard. There...

Alfred P Sloan, Jr: Work hard. There...

Work hard. There is no short cut.

Source: In And I Quote, by Ashton Applewhite,...

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Countee Cullen: There is no...

Countee Cullen: There is no...

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call the breaks. In order...

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