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Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

Bonnie Blair: I'm definitely going...

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Source: On her...

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Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Chris Evert Lloyd: Ninety percent of...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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Only mediocrity can...

Only mediocrity can...

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

Source: In Conversations...

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The past is...

The past is...

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

Source: In The...

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I'm a real...

I'm a real...

I'm a real pussy cat -- with an iron tail.

Source: In Poisonous Quotes, by Colin...

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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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Doing easily what...

Doing easily what...

Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is...

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Analysis kills spontaneity....

Analysis kills spontaneity....

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no...

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A belief is...

A belief is...

A belief is not true because it is useful.

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

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For purposes of...

For purposes of...

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of...

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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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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.

Source:...

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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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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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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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