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E B White: She would write...

E B White: She would write...

She would write 8 or 10 words, then draw her gun and shoot them down.

Source: On...

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E B White: I would feel...

E B White: I would feel...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and...

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George Ade: The time to...

George Ade: The time to...

The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.

Source:...

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Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

Ernest Bramah: One learns to...

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley: The Art of...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley: The Art of...

The Art of Biography
Is different from Geography.
Geography is about Maps,
But Biography is about...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Humphry Davy<br>Abominated...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley: Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated...

Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of...

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Arnold Bennett: To the artist...

Arnold Bennett: To the artist...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash,...

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Gustave Flaubert: To see one's...

Gustave Flaubert: To see one's...

To see one's name in print! Some people commit a crime for no other reason.

Source:...

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Robert McNamara: A computer does...

Robert McNamara: A computer does...

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a...

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Franklin Pierce: In a body...

Franklin Pierce: In a body...

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the...

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Herbert Hoover: Many years ago,...

Herbert Hoover: Many years ago,...

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were the part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president...

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Harry S Truman: Study men, not...

Harry S Truman: Study men, not...

Study men, not historians.

Source: In Off the Record, by Robert H. Ferrell,...

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John Quincy Adams: Courage and perseverance...

John Quincy Adams: Courage and perseverance...

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into...

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Andrew Jackson: It is a...

Andrew Jackson: It is a...

It is a damned poor mind indeed that can't think of at least two ways of spelling any...

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Harold Nicolson: The Irish do...

Harold Nicolson: The Irish do...

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies...

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Millicent Fenwick: The curious fascination...

Millicent Fenwick: The curious fascination...

The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being useful or you...

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Dag Hammarskjold: Never look down...

Dag Hammarskjold: Never look down...

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon...

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Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...

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John Foster Dulles: A man's accomplishments...

John Foster Dulles: A man's accomplishments...

A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.

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