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Abba Eban: A statesman who...

Abba Eban: A statesman who...

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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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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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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Artemus Ward: I prefer temperance...

Artemus Ward: I prefer temperance...

I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of...

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Milan Kundera: Without the meditative...

Milan Kundera: Without the meditative...

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, ahistorical accidents, soon...

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Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue,...

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Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

Source: Poetry Is a Kind of...

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Mary Renault: You can make...

Mary Renault: You can make...

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

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Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...

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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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Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or...

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Osbert Sitwell: Poetry is like...

Osbert Sitwell: Poetry is like...

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the...

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Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's...

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Samuel Smiles: We often discover...

Samuel Smiles: We often discover...

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a...

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Mark Twain: In Paris they...

Mark Twain: In Paris they...

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand...

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Mark Twain: Lump the whole...

Mark Twain: Lump the whole...

Lump the whole thing! Say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!

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Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Middle age snuffs our more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

Source: The...

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Alexander Cockburn: The travel writer...

Alexander Cockburn: The travel writer...

The travel writer seeks the world we have lost -- the lost valleys of the imagination.

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Orison Swett Marden: The Creator has...

Orison Swett Marden: The Creator has...

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

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