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Guillaume Apollinaire: Artists are, above...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Artists are, above...

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

Source: The Cubist...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Only a man...

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

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Francois Mauriac: A good critic...

Francois Mauriac: A good critic...

A good critic is the sorcerer that makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our...

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V S Naipaul: To read a...

V S Naipaul: To read a...

To read a newspaper for the first time is like coming into a film that has been on for an hour. Newspapers are like...

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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William Golding: The journey of...

William Golding: The journey of...

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at...

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Jean Paul: The child is...

Jean Paul: The child is...

The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition to the immediate...

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Henry Miller: If we are...

Henry Miller: If we are...

If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a...

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Jean Rhys: Age seldom arrives...

Jean Rhys: Age seldom arrives...

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

There; how d'ye like that, eh? A liberal education in twelve volumes, with an index.

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Anne Rice: To really ask...

Anne Rice: To really ask...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the...

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Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,...

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Alfred E Smith: Be simple in...

Alfred E Smith: Be simple in...

Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him...

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Mao Tse-Tung: To read too...

Mao Tse-Tung: To read too...

To read too many books is harmful.

Source: The New Yorker, 7 Mar 1977
-- Mao...

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Daniel Moynihan: Citizen participation [is]...

Daniel Moynihan: Citizen participation [is]...

Citizen participation [is] a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the...

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Robert McNamara: Action should be...

Robert McNamara: Action should be...

Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time, don't give enough emphasis,...

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Robert McNamara: A computer does...

Robert McNamara: A computer does...

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a...

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Eugene McCarthy: It is dangerous...

Eugene McCarthy: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

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Harry S Truman: It's a recession...

Harry S Truman: It's a recession...

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

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Ralph Bunche: We can never...

Ralph Bunche: We can never...

We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the...

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