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Edward Koch: If they don't...

Edward Koch: If they don't...

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Source: On charging...

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Barack Obama: We want everybody...

Barack Obama: We want everybody...

We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the...

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Robert F Kennedy: Some men see...

Robert F Kennedy: Some men see...

Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say, why...

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Henry Clay: I have heard...

Henry Clay: I have heard...

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe...

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John Webster: My soul, like...

John Webster: My soul, like...

My soul, like to a ship in a black storm,
Is driven, I know not whither.


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Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

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-- Lorraine Hansberry, (May 19...

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Charles Dibdin: In every mess...

Charles Dibdin: In every mess...

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.


Source: Jack in his...

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Douglas Jerrold: Fortunes made in...

Douglas Jerrold: Fortunes made in...

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long...

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Joe Orton: It's all any...

Joe Orton: It's all any...

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

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Christopher Hampton: I became a...

Christopher Hampton: I became a...

I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists...

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Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Hope is the thing with feathers --
That perches in the soul --
And sings the tunes without the words --
And...

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August Wilson: There's no idea...

August Wilson: There's no idea...

There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in...

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James Michener: The permanent temptation...

James Michener: The permanent temptation...

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are...

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Henry Miller: The world itself...

Henry Miller: The world itself...

The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of...

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Sholem Asch: An illness is...

Sholem Asch: An illness is...

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote...

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Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the...

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Laurence Sterne: I take a...

Laurence Sterne: I take a...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Source:...

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Edna Ferber: I think that...

Edna Ferber: I think that...

I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must he somewhat poisoned by emotion. Dislike,...

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Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

Peter Abrahams: You can't walk...

You can't walk alone, Many have given the illusion but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each...

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Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

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