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Ever notice that...

Ever notice that...

Ever notice that people never say It's only a game when they're winning?

Source: In...

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As a white...

As a white...

As a white candle
In a holy place,
So is the beauty
Of an aged face.


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Young people have...

Young people have...

Young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which . . . develops patriotism and courage....

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Affliction, like the...

Affliction, like the...

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Partial culture runs...

Partial culture runs...

Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.

Source: In...

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The Path that...

The Path that...

The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the...

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Let us not...

Let us not...

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Source: Essays, bk. 3,...

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In my opinion,...

In my opinion,...

In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in conversation. I find it sweeter than any other...

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Books, we are...

Books, we are...

Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! . . . The true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is...

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Sheer madness is,...

Sheer madness is,...

Sheer madness is, of course, the highest possible brow in humor.

Source: In The...

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I do most...

I do most...

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

Source: Attributed.
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Wooing the press...

Wooing the press...

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger...

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There is such...

There is such...

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. TalkIng too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always...

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The apathy of...

The apathy of...

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the...

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Willie Shoemaker: The horse never...

Willie Shoemaker: The horse never...

The horse never knows I'm there until he needs me.

Source: Commenting on his...

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Harriet Martineau: A soul occupied...

Harriet Martineau: A soul occupied...

A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Olympia Brown: Fortuitous circumstances constitute...

Olympia Brown: Fortuitous circumstances constitute...

Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an...

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Dizzy Dean: It ain't bragging...

Dizzy Dean: It ain't bragging...

It ain't bragging if you really done it.

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

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Pat Riley: Management must speak...

Pat Riley: Management must speak...

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's...

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Marvin Hagler: I like to...

Marvin Hagler: I like to...

I like to see the smiles on people's faces when I show them I can do the impossible.

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