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Charles Reade: Sow an act...

Charles Reade: Sow an act...

Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a character.
Sow a character and you reap a...

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Nancy Mitford: Surely a king...

Nancy Mitford: Surely a king...

Surely a king who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory.

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Barbara Kingsolver: The very least...

Barbara Kingsolver: The very least...

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that...

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Harry Crews: I believe some...

Harry Crews: I believe some...

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

Source: National...

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Ronald Firbank: It is said,...

Ronald Firbank: It is said,...

It is said, I believe, that to behold the Englishman at his best one should watch him play...

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John Fowles: There comes a...

John Fowles: There comes a...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more...

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Clive Barker: Nothing is fixed....

Clive Barker: Nothing is fixed....

Nothing is fixed. In and out the shuttle goes, fact and fiction, mind and matter, woven into patterns that may have...

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Malcolm Bradbury: Only the old...

Malcolm Bradbury: Only the old...

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of...

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Edward Hoagland: Men greet each...

Edward Hoagland: Men greet each...

Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long...

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P G Wodehouse: While not exactly...

P G Wodehouse: While not exactly...

While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled.

Source: The Code...

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Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

News, if unreported, has no impact. It might as well have not happened at all.

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Alex Haley: In my writing,...

Alex Haley: In my writing,...

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

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Sholem Asch: Personality is the...

Sholem Asch: Personality is the...

Personality is the gland of creativity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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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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Douglas Adams: In the beginning,...

Douglas Adams: In the beginning,...

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a...

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Saul Bellow: Everybody needs his...

Saul Bellow: Everybody needs his...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

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Channing Pollock: No matter how...

Channing Pollock: No matter how...

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that...

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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: I would feel...

E B White: I would feel...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and...

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Publilius Syrus: Some remedies are...

Publilius Syrus: Some remedies are...

Some remedies are worse than the diseases.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary,...

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