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William Pickens: Color had been...

William Pickens: Color had been...

Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I am my...

I am my own Universe, I my own Professor.

Source: Aug 1941, Myself, 1967.
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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I've got to...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: I've got to...

I've got to relearn what I was supposed to have learned.

Source: Feb 1941, Myself,...

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Thomas Carlyle: Every noble work...

Thomas Carlyle: Every noble work...

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Thomas Carlyle: A good book...

Thomas Carlyle: A good book...

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

Source: Speech made in support...

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Judith Guest: To have a...

Judith Guest: To have a...

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A...

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Anne Rice: To really ask...

Anne Rice: To really ask...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the...

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Francoise Sagan: Jazz music is...

Francoise Sagan: Jazz music is...

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

Source: Dominique, in A...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Good soldiers never...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Good soldiers never...

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the...

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Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has...

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Sir Walter Besant: You cannot believe...

Sir Walter Besant: You cannot believe...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it. Better keep yourself clean and bright you are the window...

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Gay Talese: The Park Avenue...

Gay Talese: The Park Avenue...

The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's...

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Romain Rolland: Every man who...

Romain Rolland: Every man who...

Every man who is truly a man must learn to be alone in the midst of all others, and if need be against all...

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Rudolph Fisher: He's from 'way...

Rudolph Fisher: He's from 'way...

He's from 'way down behind the sun an' ripe f' the pluckin'.

Source: City of...

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Sinclair Lewis: Our American professors...

Sinclair Lewis: Our American professors...

Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.

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Aldous Huxley: Every ceiling, when...

Aldous Huxley: Every ceiling, when...

Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive...

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Booth Tarkington: When I get...

Booth Tarkington: When I get...

When I get to be a man! Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt...

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George III: A traitor is...

George III: A traitor is...

A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.

Source: In The Stein and Day...

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Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

Christina of Sweden: As you know,...

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to...

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Elizabeth II: It's all to...

Elizabeth II: It's all to...

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

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