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The great artist...

The great artist...

The great artist is the simplifier.

Source: Amiel's Journal, 1849-1872, entry for...

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Clever people will...

Clever people will...

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Source: In

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Action is coarsened...

Action is coarsened...

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

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If you haven't...

If you haven't...

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more...

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As scarce as...

As scarce as...

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Source:...

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Writing, I think,...

Writing, I think,...

Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything...

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Great artists treasure...

Great artists treasure...

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

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America is not...

America is not...

America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there...

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She had spent...

She had spent...

She had spent the golden time in grudging its going.

Source: The Lovely Leave, in...

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Women and elephants...

Women and elephants...

Women and elephants never forget.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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There was never...

There was never...

There was never a place for her in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there...

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Experiments with laboratory...

Experiments with laboratory...

Experiments with laboratory rats have shown that, if one psychologist in the room laughs at something a rat does, all...

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An optimist is...

An optimist is...

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Source: In...

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There follows a...

There follows a...

There follows a little obscenity here, a dask of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern...

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In the strange...

In the strange...

In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound...

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From a man's...

From a man's...

From a man's face, I can read his character; if I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.

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Crime is a...

Crime is a...

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect,...

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To place oneself...

To place oneself...

To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means...

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Whatever you're ready...

Whatever you're ready...

Whatever you're ready for is ready for you.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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Today, you have...

Today, you have...

Today, you have 100% of your life left.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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