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Speeches are not...

Speeches are not...

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Source:...

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The world rolls...

The world rolls...

The world rolls round forever like a mill;
I It grinds out death and life and good and ill;
It has no purpose,...

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I was a...

I was a...

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

Source:...

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A satirist is...

A satirist is...

A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he...

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People don't choose...

People don't choose...

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

Source: In NY Times,...

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The tension between...

The tension between...

The tension between yes and no, between I can and I cannot, makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an...

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A critic is...

A critic is...

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

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Peter Nivio Zarlenga: What is a...

Peter Nivio Zarlenga: What is a...

What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what...

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Every creative act...

Every creative act...

Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There is no such thing,...

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Home' is any...

Home' is any...

'Home' is any four walls that enclose the right person.

Source: Reflections of a...

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Ideological differences are...

Ideological differences are...

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

Source: Miss Manner's Guide to...

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People tell me...

People tell me...

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I hope that...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I hope that...

I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open.

Source: In Vassar...

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In motivating people,...

In motivating people,...

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example -- and...

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I tell myself...

I tell myself...

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts -- spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and...

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Mrs. Van Daan's...

Mrs. Van Daan's...

Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she...

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The successful people...

The successful people...

The successful people are the ones that think up things for the rest of the work to keep busy...

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If the whole...

If the whole...

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at...

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Isaac Asimov: I'm not a...

Isaac Asimov: I'm not a...

I'm not a speed reader. I'm a speed understander.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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To be witty...

To be witty...

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

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