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Anais Nin: The shell is...

Anais Nin: The shell is...

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it...

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Ayn Rand: The hardest thing...

Ayn Rand: The hardest thing...

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to...

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George Sand: Simplicity is the...

George Sand: Simplicity is the...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort...

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Alvin Toffler: The Law of...

Alvin Toffler: The Law of...

The Law of Raspberry Jam: The wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

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Louis L'Amour: It is often...

Louis L'Amour: It is often...

It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the...

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Louis L'Amour: I'm like a...

Louis L'Amour: I'm like a...

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing...

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Lydia M Child: That man's best...

Lydia M Child: That man's best...

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that...

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Elias Canetti: The process of...

Elias Canetti: The process of...

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single...

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Fawn M Brodie: A man's memory...

Fawn M Brodie: A man's memory...

A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful...

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Kenneth Grahame: The clever men...

Kenneth Grahame: The clever men...

The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As...

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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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R S Surtees: More people are...

R S Surtees: More people are...

More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

Source: In...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

Dorothy L Sayers: A human being...

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

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Francois Rabelais: Half the world...

Francois Rabelais: Half the world...

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

Source: 'Pantagruel'
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Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Native always means people who belong somewhere else, because they had once belonged somewhere. That shows that the...

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Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

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A A Milne: I am a...

A A Milne: I am a...

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

Source:...

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Marguerite Duras: Before they're plumbers...

Marguerite Duras: Before they're plumbers...

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, men are men. Whether heterosexual or...

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Marguerite Duras: Nowhere is one...

Marguerite Duras: Nowhere is one...

Nowhere is one more alone than in Paris. . . and yet surrounded by crowds. Nowhere is one more likely to incur greater...

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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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