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Gertrude Stein: One does not...

Gertrude Stein: One does not...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

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Jessamyn West: In their sympathies,...

Jessamyn West: In their sympathies,...

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

Source: The Life I...

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Jessamyn West: To meet at...

Jessamyn West: To meet at...

To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are...

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Jessamyn West: If I were...

Jessamyn West: If I were...

If I were to join a circle of any kind, it would be one that required its members to try something new at least once a...

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Ralph Ellison: America is woven...

Ralph Ellison: America is woven...

America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Eternity -- waste...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Eternity -- waste...

Eternity -- waste of time.

Source: Quoted in: Adam, Gods, no. 299 (London,...

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Agatha Christie: The human mind...

Agatha Christie: The human mind...

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will,...

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Dr Seuss: Preachers in pulpits...

Dr Seuss: Preachers in pulpits...

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes...

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Emile Zola: If you shut...

Emile Zola: If you shut...

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

Source: In The...

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Emile Zola: Art is a...

Emile Zola: Art is a...

Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Jean Toomer: Talk about it...

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand...

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Konrad Lorenz: Humor and knowledge...

Konrad Lorenz: Humor and knowledge...

Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture.

Source: In Reader's...

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Herodotus: Force has no...

Herodotus: Force has no...

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jacob Bronowski: The values by...

Jacob Bronowski: The values by...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in...

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C Northcote Parkinson: The man who...

C Northcote Parkinson: The man who...

The man who is denied the opportunity of making decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he...

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jessamyn West: It is easy...

Jessamyn West: It is easy...

It is easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your...

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Max Eastman: Emotion is the...

Max Eastman: Emotion is the...

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the...

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William McFee: People don't ever...

William McFee: People don't ever...

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right's no guarantee against...

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