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Mary Stewart: But I have...

Mary Stewart: But I have...

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power -- they fear even the slightest and least likely threat...

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Artemus Ward: I'm not a...

Artemus Ward: I'm not a...

I'm not a politician and my other habits are good.

Source: Artemus Ward His Book,...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Dorothy L Sayers: Books . ....

Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as...

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George Sand: Try to keep...

George Sand: Try to keep...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life...

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Iris Murdoch: All artists dream...

Iris Murdoch: All artists dream...

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to...

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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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Ellen Glasgow: To teach one's...

Ellen Glasgow: To teach one's...

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

Source: The Woman Within,...

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Alice Walker: Listen, God love...

Alice Walker: Listen, God love...

Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration...

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Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but...

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Daniel Defoe: It is better...

Daniel Defoe: It is better...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of...

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Robertson Davies: The most original...

Robertson Davies: The most original...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult...

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Henry James, Jr: The power to...

Henry James, Jr: The power to...

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Source: In Writers at Work,...

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Maxwell Maltz: You can do...

Maxwell Maltz: You can do...

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the...

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Clara Barton: It is wise...

Clara Barton: It is wise...

It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise...

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Martin Delany: Our elevation must...

Martin Delany: Our elevation must...

Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If...

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Benjamin Spock: There are only...

Benjamin Spock: There are only...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his mother's...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: I must have...

Elizabeth Blackwell: I must have...

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum and prevent this sad...

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Deepak Chopra: You and I...

Deepak Chopra: You and I...

You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all...

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Thomas Szasz: In the animal...

Thomas Szasz: In the animal...

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be...

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