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Lawrence Durrell: It's only with...

Lawrence Durrell: It's only with...

It's only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get...

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Marquis de Sade: Never lose sight...

Marquis de Sade: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it...

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Graham Henry Greene: Fame is a...

Graham Henry Greene: Fame is a...

Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac.

Source: Radio Times, 10 Sept 1964
-- Graham...

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Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

Douglas Coupland: If you don't...

If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?

Source: In...

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S J Perelman: A case of...

S J Perelman: A case of...

A case of the tail dogging the wag.

Source: Having escaped with some difficulty...

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S J Perelman: English life, while...

S J Perelman: English life, while...

English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is...

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S J Perelman: The main obligation...

S J Perelman: The main obligation...

The main obligation is to amuse yourself.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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E B White: I arise in...

E B White: I arise in...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the...

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E B White: One of the...

E B White: One of the...

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

Source: Essays of E. B....

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E B White: Writing is an...

E B White: Writing is an...

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ernest Hemingway: I like to...

Ernest Hemingway: I like to...

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never...

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Ernest Hemingway: But man is...

Ernest Hemingway: But man is...

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Source: In...

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Frederick Douglass: We had talked...

Frederick Douglass: We had talked...

We had talked long enough; we were now ready to move; if not now, we never should be; and if we did not intend to move...

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Jean Paul Richter: Only actions give...

Jean Paul Richter: Only actions give...

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Source: In The...

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Margaret Halsey: Life itself, however,...

Margaret Halsey: Life itself, however,...

Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize...

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Frank Norris: No art that...

Frank Norris: No art that...

No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single...

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Peter Abrahams: The words dripped...

Peter Abrahams: The words dripped...

The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a...

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Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Nadine Gordimer: Censorship is never...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the...

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Tillie Olsen: Time granted does...

Tillie Olsen: Time granted does...

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

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Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

Source: In Words...

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