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William McFee: A man must...

William McFee: A man must...

A man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting...

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Ishmael Reed: Regardless of the...

Ishmael Reed: Regardless of the...

Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a...

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Robert Stone: I write a...

Robert Stone: I write a...

I write a very rough first draft of every chapter, then I rewrite every chapter. I try to get it down in the first...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to...

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Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.

Source:...

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Beatrix Potter: Thank goodness I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank goodness I...

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the...

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James Bryce: Three-fourths of the...

James Bryce: Three-fourths of the...

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he...

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Adlai Stevenson: There are no...

Adlai Stevenson: There are no...

There are no gains without pains.

Source: Speech, Chicago, 26 Jul 1952.
-- Adlai...

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Charles V: My cousin Francis...

Charles V: My cousin Francis...

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.

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Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

A woman is like a tea bag -- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

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Abigail Adams: A little of...

Abigail Adams: A little of...

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the...

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Abigail Adams: I am more...

Abigail Adams: I am more...

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever...

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Betty Ford: I had thought...

Betty Ford: I had thought...

I had thought I would hate being First Lady. . . . I loved it.

Source: In 2,715...

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William J Bennett: If my own...

William J Bennett: If my own...

If my own son, who is now 10 months, came to me and said, You promised to pay for my tuition at Harvard; how about...

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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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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The only limit...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The only limit...

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: New ideas can...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: New ideas can...

New ideas can be good and bad, just the same as old ones.

Source: In Great Business...

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Bill Clinton: If we disagree...

Bill Clinton: If we disagree...

If we disagree and I think I'm right, I just go ahead and do what I think is right. And then she tells me, 'I told...

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