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The successful people...

The successful people...

The successful people are the ones that think up things for the rest of the work to keep busy...

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Addison Mizner: Poets are born,...

Addison Mizner: Poets are born,...

Poets are born, not paid.

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

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Most writers are...

Most writers are...

Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like...

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Be careful: they...

Be careful: they...

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Source: A Warsaw Diary, in Granta,...

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You never know...

You never know...

You never know what you can do without until you try.

Source: In Quotable Business,...

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An optimist is...

An optimist is...

An optimist is a guy that never has had much experience.

Source: 'archy and...

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There is so...

There is so...

There is so little difference between husbands you might as well keep the first.

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Everything hinges on...

Everything hinges on...

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights...

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Isaac Asimov: If my doctor...

Isaac Asimov: If my doctor...

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little...

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The point is...

The point is...

The point is that nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the...

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bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

bell hooks: Being oppressed means...

Being oppressed means the absence of choices.

Source: Feminist Theory, ch.1,...

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I learned much...

I learned much...

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

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Gonzo journalism is...

Gonzo journalism is...

Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than...

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Treasure the love...

Treasure the love...

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have...

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Eighteen holes of...

Eighteen holes of...

Eighteen holes of golf will teach you more about your foe than eighteen years of dealing with him across a...

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Everyone is a...

Everyone is a...

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices -- just recognize...

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Lin Yutang: It is not...

Lin Yutang: It is not...

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, it?s more the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate...

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Hans Selye: Fight for your...

Hans Selye: Fight for your...

Fight for your highest attainable aim
But never put up resistance in vain.


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Isaac Asimov: We are reaching...

Isaac Asimov: We are reaching...

We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not...

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Harold Macmillan: I am MacWonder...

Harold Macmillan: I am MacWonder...

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next.

Source: Daily Telegraph, 15 Nov...

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