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Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Source: Hawthorne,...

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Marcel Proust: A powerful idea...

Marcel Proust: A powerful idea...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

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William Temple: The most influential...

William Temple: The most influential...

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

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A P Herbert: It's hard to...

A P Herbert: It's hard to...

It's hard to say why writing verse
Should terminate in drink or worse.


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Winston Churchill: Bossom? What an...

Winston Churchill: Bossom? What an...

Bossom? What an extraordinary name. Neither one thing nor the other!

Source:...

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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.

Source:...

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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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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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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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Coleman Young: I've learned over...

Coleman Young: I've learned over...

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the...

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Patrick Buchanan: Just as there's...

Patrick Buchanan: Just as there's...

Just as there's garbage that pollutes the Potomac river, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an...

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M F K Fisher: When a man...

M F K Fisher: When a man...

When a man is small, he loves and hates food with a ferocity which soon dims. But at six years old his very bowels...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the surest test of discipline is its absence.

Source: The Story
-- Clara...

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