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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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William Lyon Phelps: A well-ordered life...

William Lyon Phelps: A well-ordered life...

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it...

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A J Balfour: I do not...

A J Balfour: I do not...

I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you...

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Konrad Adenauer: The one sure...

Konrad Adenauer: The one sure...

The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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Pericles: Wait for the...

Pericles: Wait for the...

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Julius Caesar: I have lived...

Julius Caesar: I have lived...

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

Source: Two years...

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Ayn Rand: Creation comes before...

Ayn Rand: Creation comes before...

Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

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Flannery O'Connor: Everywhere I go...

Flannery O'Connor: Everywhere I go...

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of...

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Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be...

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Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality,...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: I learned to...

Maxine Hong Kingston: I learned to...

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for...

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Ernest J Gaines: Words mean nothing....

Ernest J Gaines: Words mean nothing....

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

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Ernest J Gaines: We wait till...

Ernest J Gaines: We wait till...

We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?

Source: A Gathering...

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Osbert Sitwell: In reality, killing...

Osbert Sitwell: In reality, killing...

In reality, killing time/ Is only the name for another of the multifarious ways
By which Time kills...

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Osbert Sitwell: It is fatal...

Osbert Sitwell: It is fatal...

It is fatal to be appreciated in one's own time.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Robert Fulghum: Clean up your...

Robert Fulghum: Clean up your...

Clean up your own mess.

Source: All I Need to Know...
-- Robert Fulghum, (Jun 4...

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Kenneth Grahame: The strongest human...

Kenneth Grahame: The strongest human...

The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist...

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Francois Rabelais: When I drink,...

Francois Rabelais: When I drink,...

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Max Eastman: Laughter is, after...

Max Eastman: Laughter is, after...

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

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