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Maria Montessori: The only language...

Maria Montessori: The only language...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them...

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Booker T Washington: Character, not circumstances,...

Booker T Washington: Character, not circumstances,...

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Nella Larsen: She wished to...

Nella Larsen: She wished to...

She wished to find out about this hazardous business of passing, this breaking away from all that was familiar and...

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Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the...

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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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Will Durant: The trouble with...

Will Durant: The trouble with...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes and fears rather than with their...

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C Northcote Parkinson: Work expands so...

C Northcote Parkinson: Work expands so...

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable...

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Edward Coke: We should speak...

Edward Coke: We should speak...

We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Walter F Mondale: I don't want...

Walter F Mondale: I don't want...

I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.

Source: On withdrawing...

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