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Composing is like...

Composing is like...

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house the color of the...

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The violinist must...

The violinist must...

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers...

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Let your mind...

Let your mind...

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

Source: On writing; in Christian Science...

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There is poetry...

There is poetry...

There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

Source: In The...

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[They] are quite...

[They] are quite...

[They] are quite hopeless drooling, driveling, doleful, depressing, dropsical drips.

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Everything we know...

Everything we know...

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves,...

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Life is denied...

Life is denied...

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a...

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One face to...

One face to...

One face to the world, another at home makes for misery.

Source: In The New...

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Virtuous people are...

Virtuous people are...

Virtuous people are simply those who have. . . not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state,...

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Learning music by...

Learning music by...

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

Source: Reader's...

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George Bernard Shaw: What is laisser-faire...

George Bernard Shaw: What is laisser-faire...

What is laisser-faire but an orthodoxy? The most tyrannous and disastrous of all the orthodoxies, since it forbids...

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Alan Jay Lerner: An Englishman's way...

Alan Jay Lerner: An Englishman's way...

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him

Source: My Fair Lady,...

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Helena Rubinstein: All the American...

Helena Rubinstein: All the American...

All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I...

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Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Helena Rubinstein: Men are just...

Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Helena Rubinstein: Whether you are...

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist. Adjust your...

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Thomas Malthus: The histories of...

Thomas Malthus: The histories of...

The histories of mankind . . . are histories only of the higher classes.

Source: In...

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Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

Sydney Biddle Barrows: The more you...

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

Source:...

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Gifford Pinchot, III: Steve Wozniak couldn't...

Gifford Pinchot, III: Steve Wozniak couldn't...

Steve Wozniak couldn't get Hewlett-Packard to take an interest in small computers. He very reluctantly left to join...

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Moli?re: Long is the...

Moli?re: Long is the...

Long is the road from conception to completion.

Source: In Barnes & Noble Book of...

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Alan Bennett: Your whole life...

Alan Bennett: Your whole life...

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

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