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Hugo L Black: The layman's constitutional...

Hugo L Black: The layman's constitutional...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is...

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Albert Schweitzer: Example is not...

Albert Schweitzer: Example is not...

Example is not the main thing in life -- it is the only thing.

Source: In My...

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Daniel Boorstin: A best seller...

Daniel Boorstin: A best seller...

A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well.

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John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom,...

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J Saunders Redding: I would not...

J Saunders Redding: I would not...

I would not know the thing I sought until I found it. It was both something within and something without myself....

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C Northcote Parkinson: The Law of...

C Northcote Parkinson: The Law of...

The Law of Triviality. . . briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse...

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Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

Source:...

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Francoise Sagan: Art must take...

Francoise Sagan: Art must take...

Art must take reality by surprise.

Source: Writers at Work
-- Francoise Sagan,...

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Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Do you ever notice, asked Luisa, how easy it is to forgive a person any number of faults for one endearing...

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Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective...

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William Styron: A great book...

William Styron: A great book...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while...

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Alan Paton: I have one...

Alan Paton: I have one...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they...

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Brian Moore: Research is usually...

Brian Moore: Research is usually...

Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing.

Source: In...

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Patrick White: Well, good luck...

Patrick White: Well, good luck...

Well, good luck to you, kid! I'm going to write the Great Australian Novel.

Source:...

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Ronald Firbank: All millionaires love...

Ronald Firbank: All millionaires love...

All millionaires love a baked apple.

Source: Vainglory, Ch. 13.
-- Ronald...

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Graham Henry Greene: God forbid people...

Graham Henry Greene: God forbid people...

God forbid people should read our books to find the juicy passages.

Source: The...

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Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Source: Ellen Dean,...

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Malcolm Bradbury: You Liberals think...

Malcolm Bradbury: You Liberals think...

You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.

Source: After...

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Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not...

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Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

The naked intellect is an extraordinary inaccurate instrument.

Source: A Wind in...

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