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George Bernard Shaw: Beware of false...

George Bernard Shaw: Beware of false...

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

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George Bernard Shaw: A man learns...

George Bernard Shaw: A man learns...

A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a...

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Victor Hugo: Genius is a...

Victor Hugo: Genius is a...

Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.

Source: In Best Quotations for...

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J B Priestley: To show a...

J B Priestley: To show a...

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own -- this is...

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J B Priestley: Many a man...

J B Priestley: Many a man...

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of...

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J B Priestley: I know only...

J B Priestley: I know only...

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is...

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Edna St Vincent Millay: My candle burns...

Edna St Vincent Millay: My candle burns...

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-
It gives a...

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Louise Erdrich: I think a...

Louise Erdrich: I think a...

I think a title is like a magnet. It begins to draw these scraps of experience or conversation or memory to it....

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Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Louise Erdrich: Columbus only discovered...

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Source: I Capture the Castle,...

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Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Edward Albee: If Attila the...

Edward Albee: If Attila the...

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

Source: In Webster's...

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Terence: True wisdom consists...

Terence: True wisdom consists...

True wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in foreseeing what is to...

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Maxwell Anderson: From the point...

Maxwell Anderson: From the point...

From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual...

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John Ford: Nice philosophy<br>May tolerate...

John Ford: Nice philosophy
May tolerate...

Nice philosophy
May tolerate unlikely arguments,
But heaven admits no jest.


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Beth Henley: There are probably...

Beth Henley: There are probably...

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, Hello, how do you do?...

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Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Mary Kay Ash: Criticize the act,...

Criticize the act, not the person.

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-- Mary Kay Ash, (May 12 1915-2001),...

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James Beard: A gourmet who...

James Beard: A gourmet who...

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart, who looks at her watch.

Source: In...

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Stephen R Covey: Our ultimate freedom...

Stephen R Covey: Our ultimate freedom...

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect...

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