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Edward Hoagland: The question of...

Edward Hoagland: The question of...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded...

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Christopher Morley: I had a...

Christopher Morley: I had a...

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to...

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Mark Twain: Man is the...

Mark Twain: Man is the...

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.

Source: Following the Equator,...

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Anthony Burgess: The possession of...

Anthony Burgess: The possession of...

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

Source: New York...

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Charles Dickens: Minerva House was...

Charles Dickens: Minerva House was...

Minerva House was 'a finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to...

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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Henry Miller: I didn't have...

Henry Miller: I didn't have...

I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording...

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Douglas Adams: A computer terminal...

Douglas Adams: A computer terminal...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the...

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Nadine Gordimer: The creative act...

Nadine Gordimer: The creative act...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read...

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Alexandra Ripley: I really don't...

Alexandra Ripley: I really don't...

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because...

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Amy Tan: How can you...

Amy Tan: How can you...

How can you say luck and chance are the same thing? Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes...

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Channing Pollock: Each generation produces...

Channing Pollock: Each generation produces...

Each generation produces its squad of moderns with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

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Italo Calvino: The struggle of...

Italo Calvino: The struggle of...

The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The cleverest of...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The cleverest of...

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The common faults...

James Fenimore Cooper: The common faults...

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of...

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Evelyn Waugh: What is youth...

Evelyn Waugh: What is youth...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?

Source:...

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Marquis de Sade: Humane sentiments are...

Marquis de Sade: Humane sentiments are...

Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying...

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Graham Henry Greene: Failure too is...

Graham Henry Greene: Failure too is...

Failure too is a form of death. . .

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Lorraine Hansberry: Take away the...

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

Source:
-- Lorraine...

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Oscar Wilde: It is better...

Oscar Wilde: It is better...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But it is better to be good than to be ugly.

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