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Robert Stone: I start early...

Robert Stone: I start early...

I start early in the morning. I'm usually out in the woods with the dog as soon as it gets light; then I drink a whole...

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Anticipating that most...

Anticipating that most...

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its...

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Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the...

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Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...

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Robert Stone: I am trying...

Robert Stone: I am trying...

I am trying - in a good cause - to crowd people out of their own minds and occupy their space. I want them to stop...

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Henri Matisse: With color one...

Henri Matisse: With color one...

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

Source: quoted...

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Nelson Mandela: We must use...

Nelson Mandela: We must use...

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and...

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The beauty of...

The beauty of...

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Source: On modern photojournalism; in...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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Georges Jacques Danton: To conquer [our...

Georges Jacques Danton: To conquer [our...

To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be...

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The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule...

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time,...

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You must pay...

You must pay...

You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

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Barack Obama: We need to...

Barack Obama: We need to...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be...

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Barbara Bush: The winner of...

Barbara Bush: The winner of...

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal...

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George Sand: One approaches the...

George Sand: One approaches the...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

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Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

Raoul Vaneigem: The organization controlling...

The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us...

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Just as dumb...

Just as dumb...

Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a shred of...

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