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Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

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Ishmael Reed: No one says...

Ishmael Reed: No one says...

No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o'clock news,...

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Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of...

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George Borrow: Two great talkers...

George Borrow: Two great talkers...

Two great talkers will not travel far together.

Source: In 2,715 One-Line...

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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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George S Patton: Don't fight a...

George S Patton: Don't fight a...

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Source: In The...

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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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Norman Schwarzkopf: It doesn't take...

Norman Schwarzkopf: It doesn't take...

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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Marcel Proust: A powerful idea...

Marcel Proust: A powerful idea...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

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Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Those who make some other person their job . . . are dangerous.

Source: In The...

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Herodotus: Great deeds are...

Herodotus: Great deeds are...

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risk.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Titus Livy: We fear things...

Titus Livy: We fear things...

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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William C Nell: Our brethren at...

William C Nell: Our brethren at...

Our brethren at the South should not be called slaves, but prisoners of war.

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Cleveland Amory: Opera is like...

Cleveland Amory: Opera is like...

Opera is like a husband with a foreign title: expensive to support, hard to understand, and therefore a supreme social...

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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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Alice Walker: Helped are those...

Alice Walker: Helped are those...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a...

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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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Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of...

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Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

'Where there is a will there is a way,' is an old and true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very...

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