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Charles Horton Cooley: We are born...

Charles Horton Cooley: We are born...

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the...

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E Franklin Frazier: The Negro does...

E Franklin Frazier: The Negro does...

The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul to be seared...

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John Abernethy: We must adopt...

John Abernethy: We must adopt...

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their...

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Han Suyin: There is nothing...

Han Suyin: There is nothing...

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Source: A Many Spendored...

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Booker T Washington: There is no...

Booker T Washington: There is no...

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful...

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Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Great ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . ....

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Douglas Jerrold: Sir, you are...

Douglas Jerrold: Sir, you are...

Sir, you are like a pin, but without either its head or its point.

Source: Speaking...

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Nicolas Chamfort: People are governed...

Nicolas Chamfort: People are governed...

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

Source:...

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Charlotte Bronte: The writer who...

Charlotte Bronte: The writer who...

The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master- something that at time...

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Sean O'Casey: [W]ith whitened hair,...

Sean O'Casey: [W]ith whitened hair,...

[W]ith whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and with only the serenity...

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Harold Pinter: One way of...

Harold Pinter: One way of...

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

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Joe Orton: The kind of...

Joe Orton: The kind of...

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad...

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Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by...

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John Osborne: He really deserves...

John Osborne: He really deserves...

He really deserves some sort of decoration . . . a medal inscribed 'For Vaguery in the...

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David Mamet: People may or...

David Mamet: People may or...

People may or may not say what they mean. . . but they always say something designed to get what they...

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Pierre Corneille: Brave men are...

Pierre Corneille: Brave men are...

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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William Wycherley: Marrying to increase...

William Wycherley: Marrying to increase...

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had...

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Joseph Brodsky: Twentieth-century Russian literature...

Joseph Brodsky: Twentieth-century Russian literature...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by Andrei...

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George Gordon Byron: This is the...

George Gordon Byron: This is the...

This is the patent age of new inventions
For killing bodies, and saving souls,
All propagated with the best of...

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George Gordon Byron: My great comfort...

George Gordon Byron: My great comfort...

My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all...

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