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Francois LaRochefoucauld: The only good...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: The only good...

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

Source: In...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: We hardly find...

We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.

Source: In...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Very dangerous things,...

Dorothy L Sayers: Very dangerous things,...

Very dangerous things, theories.

Source: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona...

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Anais Nin: We don't see...

Anais Nin: We don't see...

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ishmael Reed: I try to...

Ishmael Reed: I try to...

I try to do what has never been done before.

Source: In African-American Writers,...

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Carolyn Wells: Of two evils...

Carolyn Wells: Of two evils...

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy...

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Samuel Smiles: It is a...

Samuel Smiles: It is a...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept,...

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Kenneth Grahame: As a rule,...

Kenneth Grahame: As a rule,...

As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that...

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Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

Robertson Davies: The eye sees...

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Source: In Webster's...

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Robertson Davies: Imagination is a...

Robertson Davies: Imagination is a...

Imagination is a good horse to carry you over the ground -- not a flying carpet to set you free from...

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Marguerite Duras: Paradoxically, the freedom...

Marguerite Duras: Paradoxically, the freedom...

Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say,...

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Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

Source: On children.
-- Dr Seuss, (Mar 2 1904-1991),...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

William J Brennan, Jr: Law cannot stand...

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Alexander Cockburn: There is never...

Alexander Cockburn: There is never...

There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and...

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Clarence Darrow: As long as...

Clarence Darrow: As long as...

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would...

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Ralph Nader: I start with...

Ralph Nader: I start with...

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more...

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Ralph Nader: President Reagan was...

Ralph Nader: President Reagan was...

President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that...

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Charles Hamilton Houston: A Negro has...

Charles Hamilton Houston: A Negro has...

A Negro has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to...

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