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Harold Nicolson: Every schoolmaster after...

Harold Nicolson: Every schoolmaster after...

Every schoolmaster after the age of 49 is inclined to flatulence, is apt to swallow frequently, and to...

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Millicent Fenwick: I have come...

Millicent Fenwick: I have come...

I have come to believe that the one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger, are...

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Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Women are on the outside when the door to the smoke-filled room is closed.

Source:...

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Ralph Bunche: We must fight...

Ralph Bunche: We must fight...

We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and...

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Adlai Stevenson: In quiet places,...

Adlai Stevenson: In quiet places,...

In quiet places, reason abounds.

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai...

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Joseph Marie De Maistre: False opinions are...

Joseph Marie De Maistre: False opinions are...

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who...

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Barbara Bush: You don't just...

Barbara Bush: You don't just...

You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: I always wanted...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: I always wanted...

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college . . . I did other...

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Imelda Marcos: I did not...

Imelda Marcos: I did not...

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

Source:...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: To tell you...

To tell you of this city, I would not do justice to the subject. The extravagance is in dressing and running to...

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: [I want] minimum...

[I want] minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Source: Instructions to...

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William J Bennett: Most certification today...

William J Bennett: Most certification today...

Most certification today is pure credentialism. [It] must begin to reflect our demand for excellence, not our...

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Henry Kissinger: I am being...

Henry Kissinger: I am being...

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the...

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Rufus Choate: Happy is he...

Rufus Choate: Happy is he...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love for...

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Henry McNeal Turner: I am a...

Henry McNeal Turner: I am a...

I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg . . . I...

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Carl Stokes: I knew my...

Carl Stokes: I knew my...

I knew my own situation, my own town, and I knew I had it in my hand. Once I got it, I knew I could do things that no...

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Demosthenes: As a vessel...

Demosthenes: As a vessel...

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be...

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Demosthenes: Beware lest in...

Demosthenes: Beware lest in...

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Source: In Wisdom of...

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Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we...

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