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Jean Paul: No heroine can...

Jean Paul: No heroine can...

No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.

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Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

The blue-rinse warbler and her horn-rimmed mate are rare and overdue this year.

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Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that...

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Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes...

Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes...

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

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Charles Dickens: It will be...

Charles Dickens: It will be...

It will be very generally found that those who will sneer habitually at human nature . . . are among its worst and...

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John Steinbeck: Give a critic...

John Steinbeck: Give a critic...

Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.

Source: Writers at Work, On Critics,...

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Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in...

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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Judith Rossner: He always said...

Judith Rossner: He always said...

He always said she was smart, but their conversations were a mined field in which at any moment she might make the...

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Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

You Moon! Have you done something wrong in heaven,
That God has hidden your face?


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Francoise Sagan: One can never...

Francoise Sagan: One can never...

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

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Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Source:...

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Harry Crews: There is something...

Harry Crews: There is something...

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed...

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William J Bennett: Our common language...

William J Bennett: Our common language...

Our common language is . . . English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

We are in for a very, very long haul. . . . I am asking for everything you have to give. We will never give up. ....

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Larry Speakes: Being a press...

Larry Speakes: Being a press...

Being a press secretary [is like] learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself...

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George P Shultz: The minute you...

George P Shultz: The minute you...

The minute you start talking about what you're golng to do if you lose, you have lost.

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Akhenaton: As the ostrich...

Akhenaton: As the ostrich...

As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Idleness is only...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Idleness is only...

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

Source: Letter to his son, 20 Jul...

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Alexander Hamilton: Real firmness is...

Alexander Hamilton: Real firmness is...

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Source: In Correct...

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