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Joan Didion: The fancy that...

Joan Didion: The fancy that...

The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children,...

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Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

Fannie Hurst: But suppose, asks...

But suppose, asks the student of the professor, we follow all your structural rules for writing, what about that...

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Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Billie Holiday: Sometimes it's worse...

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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James Brown: When I'm on...

James Brown: When I'm on...

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to...

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Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Mariah Carey: Butterflies are always...

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

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Elvis Presley: Ambition is a...

Elvis Presley: Ambition is a...

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Source: In Rand Lindsly's HUGE Quotations...

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Oliver Herford: Manuscript: Something submitted...

Oliver Herford: Manuscript: Something submitted...

Manuscript: Something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

Source: In 1,911...

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G C Lichtenberg: It is in...

G C Lichtenberg: It is in...

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a...

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Nelson Mandela: I looked into...

Nelson Mandela: I looked into...

I looked into the vast dome of blue emptiness that stretched out above me in all directions and the illusion was still...

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Queen Victoria: An ugly baby...

Queen Victoria: An ugly baby...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object, and the prettiest is frightful when undressed.

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Harold Wilson: Every dog is...

Harold Wilson: Every dog is...

Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get...

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George Canning: And finds, with...

George Canning: And finds, with...

And finds, with keen, discriminating sight,
Black 's not so black, -- nor white so very...

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Herbert Henry Asquith: Greatness is a...

Herbert Henry Asquith: Greatness is a...

Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Chester A Arthur: Well, there doesn't...

Chester A Arthur: Well, there doesn't...

Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big...

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Grover Cleveland: No man has...

Grover Cleveland: No man has...

No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.

Source: In...

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Warren Harding: We must have...

Warren Harding: We must have...

We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can...

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John Adams: While all other...

John Adams: While all other...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill -- little better understood, little...

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Calvin Coolidge: The right thing...

Calvin Coolidge: The right thing...

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

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Richard Nixon: I refuse to...

Richard Nixon: I refuse to...

I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big...

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Richard Nixon: Any change is...

Richard Nixon: Any change is...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they...

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