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Peter De Vries: I wanted to...

Peter De Vries: I wanted to...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Source: Comfort me with...

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Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early...

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Wilkie Collins: The future of...

Wilkie Collins: The future of...

The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public -- a reading public of three millions which lies right...

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Mario Puzo: He's a businessman....

Mario Puzo: He's a businessman....

He's a businessman. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

Source: The Godfather,...

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A J P Taylor: History gets thicker...

A J P Taylor: History gets thicker...

History gets thicker as it approaches recent times.

Source: English History,...

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Theodore H White: I happen to...

Theodore H White: I happen to...

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but...

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Elizabeth Bowen: No object is...

Elizabeth Bowen: No object is...

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

Source: The House in Paris,...

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Jerome K Jerome: Angels may be...

Jerome K Jerome: Angels may be...

Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Eternity -- waste...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Eternity -- waste...

Eternity -- waste of time.

Source: Quoted in: Adam, Gods, no. 299 (London,...

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Emile Zola: I am little...

Emile Zola: I am little...

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life,...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: My mind rebels...

Arthur Conan Doyle: My mind rebels...

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Source:...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Violence does, in...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Violence does, in...

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for...

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George Sand: Try to keep...

George Sand: Try to keep...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life...

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Jerome K Jerome: It is always...

Jerome K Jerome: It is always...

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good...

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Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

Samuel Smiles: It will generally...

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of...

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Francois Rabelais: I am going...

Francois Rabelais: I am going...

I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.

Source:...

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Jean Toomer: Most novices picture...

Jean Toomer: Most novices picture...

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few...

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Nora Ephron: When you have...

Nora Ephron: When you have...

When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different...

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John Lubbock: Art is unquestionably...

John Lubbock: Art is unquestionably...

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye,...

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