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The English may...

The English may...

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

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God tells me...

God tells me...

God tells me how the music should sound, but you, stand in the way.

Source: To a...

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The English may...

The English may...

The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

Source:...

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The attributes of...

The attributes of...

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and...

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Good manners have...

Good manners have...

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit...

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The first essential...

The first essential...

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the...

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I felt the...

I felt the...

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and...

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We can go...

We can go...

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to...

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Stanislaw Lec: One has to...

Stanislaw Lec: One has to...

One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control...

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Stanislaw Lec: You can change...

Stanislaw Lec: You can change...

You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.

Source:
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Witter Bynner: Name me no...

Witter Bynner: Name me no...

Name me no names for my disease
With uninforming breath;
I tell you I am none of these,
But homesick unto...

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J B Priestley: I remember coming...

J B Priestley: I remember coming...

I remember coming across him at the Grand Canyon and finding him peevish, refusing to admire it or even look at it...

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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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Sara Teasdale: When I can...

Sara Teasdale: When I can...

When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And...

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Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

Source: In...

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Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

Ann (and Jane) Taylor: How pleasant it...

How pleasant it is, at the end of the day,
No follies to have to repent;
But reflect on the past, and be able to...

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Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own...

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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: 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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