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Ishmael Reed: We learn about...

Ishmael Reed: We learn about...

We learn about one another's culture the same way we learn about sex: in the streets.

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Homer: And what he...

Homer: And what he...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

Charles Buxton: To make pleasures...

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

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George Steiner: I owe everything...

George Steiner: I owe everything...

I owe everything to a system that made me learn by heart till I wept. As a result I have thousands of lines of poetry...

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Stonewall Jackson: If officers desire...

Stonewall Jackson: If officers desire...

If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to...

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James Thurber: It had only...

James Thurber: It had only...

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

Source: When asked his opinion of a...

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Salman Rushdie: If Woody Allen...

Salman Rushdie: If Woody Allen...

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

Source: On the anger and death...

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Wilkie Collins: Peace rules the...

Wilkie Collins: Peace rules the...

Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in...

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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

The idea of a series of items, following one another docilely, forms the only possible reasonable approach to life if...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Louis Auchincloss: A neurotic can...

Louis Auchincloss: A neurotic can...

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when...

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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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Joseph Heller: Like Olympic medals...

Joseph Heller: Like Olympic medals...

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to...

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Abba Eban: Better to be...

Abba Eban: Better to be...

Better to be disliked than pitied.

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

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Plutarch: To find a...

Plutarch: To find a...

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Plato: Poets utter great...

Plato: Poets utter great...

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Truth never damages...

Mahatma Gandhi: Truth never damages...

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Source: Non-Violence in Peace and War,...

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