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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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Edward Dahlberg: Every decision you...

Edward Dahlberg: Every decision you...

Every decision you make is a mistake.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Edward Dahlberg: Genius, like truth,...

Edward Dahlberg: Genius, like truth,...

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

Source: Alms for Oblivion, ...

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Edward Dahlberg: Hardly a book...

Edward Dahlberg: Hardly a book...

Hardly a book of human worth, be it heaven's own secret, is honestly placed before the reader; it is either shunned,...

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Anthony Burgess: The possession of...

Anthony Burgess: The possession of...

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

Source: New York...

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Orson Scott Card: Sickness and healing...

Orson Scott Card: Sickness and healing...

Sickness and healing are in every heart; death and deliverance in every hand.

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Orson Scott Card: In the moment...

Orson Scott Card: In the moment...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

All human wisdom is summed up in two words -- wait and hope.

Source: The Count of...

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Sholem Asch: Writing comes more...

Sholem Asch: Writing comes more...

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

Source: In Webster's...

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George MacDonald: You can't live...

George MacDonald: You can't live...

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud.

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Jane Austen: An annuity is...

Jane Austen: An annuity is...

An annuity is a very serious business.

Source: (Mrs Dashwood) Sense and...

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Elie Wiesel: Ultimately, the only...

Elie Wiesel: Ultimately, the only...

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over...

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Elie Wiesel: Words can sometimes,...

Elie Wiesel: Words can sometimes,...

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Source: In...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Without some goal...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Without some goal...

Without some goal and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Source: In...

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Joyce Cary: For good and...

Joyce Cary: For good and...

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous...

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Saul Bellow: A great deal...

Saul Bellow: A great deal...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is...

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Aldous Huxley: I wanted to...

Aldous Huxley: I wanted to...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is...

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Edward Dahlberg: The bad poet...

Edward Dahlberg: The bad poet...

The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.

Source: The Carnal Myth, ch. 5...

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John Steinbeck: The profession of...

John Steinbeck: The profession of...

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

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Lawrence Durrell: Our inventions mirror...

Lawrence Durrell: Our inventions mirror...

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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