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Niccolo Machiavelli: Ambition is so...

Niccolo Machiavelli: Ambition is so...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never...

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Philip Massinger: Immature poets imitate,...

Philip Massinger: Immature poets imitate,...

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Allen Ginsberg: Poetry is not...

Allen Ginsberg: Poetry is not...

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think,...

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Robert McNamara: Action should be...

Robert McNamara: Action should be...

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis,...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

Source: Uncle Tom's...

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Hosea Ballou: Theories are always...

Hosea Ballou: Theories are always...

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: To stay ahead,...

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

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Hesketh Pearson: There is no...

Hesketh Pearson: There is no...

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for...

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Ronald Reagan: An actor knows...

Ronald Reagan: An actor knows...

An actor knows two important things -- to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's...

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Flannery O'Connor: The novel is...

Flannery O'Connor: The novel is...

The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it.

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Giuseppe Mazzini: Every Age has...

Giuseppe Mazzini: Every Age has...

Every Age has its own peculiar faith. . . . Any attempt to translate into facts the mission of one Age with the...

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Jim Valvano: My father gave...

Jim Valvano: My father gave...

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

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Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

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Jacques Cousteau: If we were...

Jacques Cousteau: If we were...

If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have...

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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Charles Buxton: The first duty...

Charles Buxton: The first duty...

The first duty to children is to make them happy, If you have not made them so, you have wronged them, No other good...

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George Farquhar: When the blind...

George Farquhar: When the blind...

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into --matrimony.

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The only thing...

The only thing...

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very...

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George Farquhar: We are the...

George Farquhar: We are the...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of...

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Augustine Birrell: An ordinary man...

Augustine Birrell: An ordinary man...

An ordinary man can. . . surround himself with two thousand books. . . and thenceforward have at least one place in...

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