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Knute Rockne: One man practicing...

Knute Rockne: One man practicing...

One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.

Source: On...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Easy writings curse...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Easy writings curse...

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Remember that when...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Remember that when...

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen,...

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John Vanbrugh: As if a...

John Vanbrugh: As if a...

As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.

Source: The...

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Jules Renard: Talent is a...

Jules Renard: Talent is a...

Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.

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John Fletcher: Let's meet and...

John Fletcher: Let's meet and...

Let's meet and either do or die.

Source: 'The Island Princess'
-- John Fletcher,...

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May Sarton: Anyone who is...

May Sarton: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.

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Edna St Vincent Millay: God, I can...

Edna St Vincent Millay: God, I can...

God, I can push the grass apart
And lay my finger on Thy heart!


Source: In The...

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Sara Teasdale: It is my...

Sara Teasdale: It is my...

It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.

Source: What Do I Care?, Flame and...

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Louise Erdrich: I was in...

Louise Erdrich: I was in...

I was in love with the whole world and all that lived in its rainy arms.

Source: In...

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Lillian Hellman: If I had...

Lillian Hellman: If I had...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or...

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Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Source: The Little Foxes, 1939.
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Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

This is Daddy's bedtime secret for today: Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is...

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Terence: This I consider...

Terence: This I consider...

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

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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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John Ford: Busy opinion is...

John Ford: Busy opinion is...

Busy opinion is an idle fool.

Source: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, act 1, sc. 1,...

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Aristophanes: You cannot teach...

Aristophanes: You cannot teach...

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

Source: From a collection of quotations...

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Eugene Ionesco: Childhood is the...

Eugene Ionesco: Childhood is the...

Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly...

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Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

Source:...

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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