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Aristotle: How many a...

Aristotle: How many a...

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their...

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Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Life is not an easy matter. . . . You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you...

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The notion that...

The notion that...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art. . . is merely romantic fiction. . . . The game...

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A generation which...

A generation which...

A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of...

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You cannot paint...

You cannot paint...

You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.

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Every solution breeds...

Every solution breeds...

Every solution breeds new problems.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E....

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Moreover, perfectionist standards...

Moreover, perfectionist standards...

Moreover, perfectionist standards do not allow for failure. They do not even allow for life, and certainly not...

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The main difference...

The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Jacques Cousteau: What is a...

Jacques Cousteau: What is a...

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know...

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Edward Rickenbacker: There's a six-word...

Edward Rickenbacker: There's a six-word...

There's a six-word formula for success: Think things through, then follow through.

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Genius is essentially...

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

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Muhammad Ali: I hated every...

Muhammad Ali: I hated every...

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a...

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Fire and swords...

Fire and swords...

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

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Henry David Thoreau: A name pronounced...

Henry David Thoreau: A name pronounced...

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can...

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Carl Sagan: If intelligence is...

Carl Sagan: If intelligence is...

If intelligence is our only edge, we must learn to use it better, to shape it, to understand its limitations and...

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Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

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Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr: Use what talents...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang...

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Arthur Koestler: If the creator...

Arthur Koestler: If the creator...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it...

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A healthy old...

A healthy old...

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

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Culture is what...

Culture is what...

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

Source: A Glass Eye...

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