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Tom Sharpe: I don't consider...

Tom Sharpe: I don't consider...

I don't consider myself bald, I'm just taller than my hair.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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George Ade: To insure peace...

George Ade: To insure peace...

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

Source: In Webster's...

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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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Herman Melville: There are some...

Herman Melville: There are some...

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

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Jean Paul Richter: Only actions give...

Jean Paul Richter: Only actions give...

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Source: In The...

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Arnold Bennett: There can be...

Arnold Bennett: There can be...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not...

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Arnold Bennett: To the artist...

Arnold Bennett: To the artist...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash,...

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Hermann Hesse: Eternity is a...

Hermann Hesse: Eternity is a...

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Upton Sinclair: The remedy [for...

Upton Sinclair: The remedy [for...

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce...

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Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Every physician almost hath his favorite disease.

Source: Tom Jones, bk. 2, ch. 9,...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: The world is...

William Makepeace Thackeray: The world is...

The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it and it will in...

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Edna Ferber: Writers should be...

Edna Ferber: Writers should be...

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Source: From...

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Chinua Achebe: A man who...

Chinua Achebe: A man who...

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

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Knut Hamsun: Language must resound...

Knut Hamsun: Language must resound...

Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word...

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Leo Rosten: If you're going...

Leo Rosten: If you're going...

If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Rhys: I like shape...

Jean Rhys: I like shape...

I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.

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Anna Sewell: We call them...

Anna Sewell: We call them...

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because...

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Paul Theroux: The realization that...

Paul Theroux: The realization that...

The realization that he is white in a black country, and respected for it, is the turning point in the expatriate's...

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Honore de Balzac: Laws are spider...

Honore de Balzac: Laws are spider...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

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Horace Walpole: Imagination was given...

Horace Walpole: Imagination was given...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for...

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