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Edward Dahlberg: There is a...

Edward Dahlberg: There is a...

There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world...

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Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time...

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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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Frederick Douglass: If there is...

Frederick Douglass: If there is...

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom yet depreciate agitation, are men...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Neither man nor...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Neither man nor...

Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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William Golding: Marx, Darwin and...

William Golding: Marx, Darwin and...

Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their...

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Mary Webb: The more anybody...

Mary Webb: The more anybody...

The more anybody wants a thing, the more they do think others want it.

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Augusto Roa Bastos: Man is an...

Augusto Roa Bastos: Man is an...

Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without...

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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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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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