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George Ade: Nothing is improbable...

George Ade: Nothing is improbable...

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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P D James: It was not...

P D James: It was not...

It was not . . . that she was unaware of the frayed and ragged edges of life. She would merely iron them out with a...

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Jack London: If cash comes...

Jack London: If cash comes...

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Source:...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

The question was not how to get a job, but how to live by such jobs as I could get.

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John Sterling: The worst education...

John Sterling: The worst education...

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: To strive consciously...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: To strive consciously...

To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new...

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Aldous Huxley: The smallest fact...

Aldous Huxley: The smallest fact...

The smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

Source: cited...

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Gore Vidal: I like the...

Gore Vidal: I like the...

I like the way you always manage to state the obvious with a sense of real discovery.

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Robert Fulghum: Play fair. Don't...

Robert Fulghum: Play fair. Don't...

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Source: All I...

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Robert Stone: I write a...

Robert Stone: I write a...

I write a very rough first draft of every chapter, then I rewrite every chapter. I try to get it down in the first...

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Aesop: Appearances are often...

Aesop: Appearances are often...

Appearances are often deceiving.

Source: 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing'
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Erica Jong: I went for...

Erica Jong: I went for...

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. . . . I had...

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George Moore: Taking something from...

George Moore: Taking something from...

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.

Source: In...

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Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Margery Allingham: Self-satisfaction is the...

Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other...

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George Borrow: A losing trade,...

George Borrow: A losing trade,...

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

Source: Lavengro, Ch....

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Norman Schwarzkopf: It doesn't take...

Norman Schwarzkopf: It doesn't take...

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into...

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W C Sellar: The Memorable Round...

W C Sellar: The Memorable Round...

The Memorable Round Table made to have the Conferences at, so that it was impossible to say who was top...

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Clarence Darrow: Just think of...

Clarence Darrow: Just think of...

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

Source: In The...

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Walter Benjamin: The book borrower...

Walter Benjamin: The book borrower...

The book borrower . . . proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he...

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A E Housman: A neck God...

A E Housman: A neck God...

A neck God made for other use
Than strangling in a string.


Source: A Shropshire...

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