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Richard Wright: The artist must...

Richard Wright: The artist must...

The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.

Source: 12 Million Black...

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Carson McCullers: There's nothing that...

Carson McCullers: There's nothing that...

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old...

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Richard Cecil: Eloquence is vehement...

Richard Cecil: Eloquence is vehement...

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

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-- Richard Cecil, (Nov 8 1748-1810),...

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Hosea Ballou: Energy, like the...

Hosea Ballou: Energy, like the...

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

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Ernest Dimnet: Americans cannot realize...

Ernest Dimnet: Americans cannot realize...

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six...

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George Santayana: Those who cannot...

George Santayana: Those who cannot...

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Source: In Quotable...

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Ernest Renan: Man makes holy...

Ernest Renan: Man makes holy...

Man makes holy what he believes, as he makes beautiful what he loves.

Source: In...

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John Bradshaw: It's okay to...

John Bradshaw: It's okay to...

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Not necessity, not...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Not necessity, not...

Not necessity, not desire --no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything --health, food, a...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Nobody is so...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Nobody is so...

Nobody is so constituted as to be able to live everywhere and anywhere; and he who has great duties to perform, which...

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Booth Tarkington: Arguments only confirm...

Booth Tarkington: Arguments only confirm...

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

Malcolm Bradbury: If God had...

If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments -- we'd have the Ten...

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Clive Barker: To you who...

Clive Barker: To you who...

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!

Source: In The...

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Sholem Asch: Heritage is Scriptures...

Sholem Asch: Heritage is Scriptures...

Heritage is Scriptures . . . which have become absorbed into our blood.

Source:...

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George MacDonald: I find that...

George MacDonald: I find that...

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

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Susan Warner: . . ....

Susan Warner: . . ....

. . . and many a good time we went back again, long afterward, and broke our rejected lump with great exultation to...

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Eleanor H Porter: You breathe all...

Eleanor H Porter: You breathe all...

You breathe all the time you're sleep, but you aren't living. I mean living -- doing the things you want to do . . . ....

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J G Ballard: We live in...

J G Ballard: We live in...

We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch...

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Charles Reade: Make 'em laugh;...

Charles Reade: Make 'em laugh;...

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

Source: Advice to an aspiring writer;...

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Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.

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