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Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Barbara Bush: Somewhere out in...

Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White...

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his...

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Homer: Wise to resolve,...

Homer: Wise to resolve,...

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Dag Hammarskjold: The more faithfully...

Dag Hammarskjold: The more faithfully...

The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you hear what is sounding outside. And only he who...

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Harry S Truman: I sit here...

Harry S Truman: I sit here...

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have sense enough to do without my...

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Raoul Vaneigem: Everything has been...

Raoul Vaneigem: Everything has been...

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only...

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Ralph Richardson: You've got to...

Ralph Richardson: You've got to...

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented...

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William Jennings Bryan: Anglo-Saxon civilization has...

William Jennings Bryan: Anglo-Saxon civilization has...

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to...

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George Orwell: Who controls the...

George Orwell: Who controls the...

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

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Raoul Vaneigem: Purchasing power is...

Raoul Vaneigem: Purchasing power is...

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

Source: The Revolution of Everyday...

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Chamber music --...

Chamber music --...

Chamber music -- a conversation between friends.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Ralph Richardson: Acting is the...

Ralph Richardson: Acting is the...

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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Kingsley Amis: The ideal of...

Kingsley Amis: The ideal of...

The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong...

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Joseph Heller: When I grow...

Joseph Heller: When I grow...

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Source: Something Happened.
-- Joseph...

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Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Grace Speare: Welcome every problem...

Welcome every problem as an opportunity. Each moment is the great challenge, the best thing that ever happened to you...

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The colour of...

The colour of...

The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams.

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