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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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Ronald Firbank: The world is...

Ronald Firbank: The world is...

The world is disgracefully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

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John Fowles: Men love war...

John Fowles: Men love war...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at...

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Toni Morrison: If there's a...

Toni Morrison: If there's a...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write...

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Gloria Naylor: I don't believe...

Gloria Naylor: I don't believe...

I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed...

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Gloria Naylor: Spoiled. That's all...

Gloria Naylor: Spoiled. That's all...

Spoiled. That's all it's about -- can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you...

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Andre Gide: Art is a...

Andre Gide: Art is a...

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the...

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Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

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Jean Paul: Only action gives...

Jean Paul: Only action gives...

Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.

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Jean Paul: In youth one...

Jean Paul: In youth one...

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.

Source: In...

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Jean Paul: The more sand...

Jean Paul: The more sand...

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through...

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P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say...

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P G Wodehouse: Has anybody ever...

P G Wodehouse: Has anybody ever...

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no...

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P G Wodehouse: New York is...

P G Wodehouse: New York is...

New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to...

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Alan Brien: The majority of...

Alan Brien: The majority of...

The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial...

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Mark Twain: The man with...

Mark Twain: The man with...

The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Source: Following the...

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Mark Twain: Part of the...

Mark Twain: Part of the...

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out...

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Mark Twain: By trying we...

Mark Twain: By trying we...

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.

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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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Charles Dickens: It will be...

Charles Dickens: It will be...

It will be very generally found that those who will sneer habitually at human nature . . . are among its worst and...

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