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Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

Source: Ramona...

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Rachel Field: Doorbells are like...

Rachel Field: Doorbells are like...

Doorbells are like a magic game,
Or the grab-bag at a fair --
You never know when you hear one ring
Who may...

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Kate Seredy: The past lived...

Kate Seredy: The past lived...

The past lived in songs, the present in their flashing swords,and the future in their...

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Herman Melville: An utterly fearless...

Herman Melville: An utterly fearless...

An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

Source: In...

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Upton Sinclair: It is difficult...

Upton Sinclair: It is difficult...

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding...

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Sholem Asch: The lash may...

Sholem Asch: The lash may...

The lash may force men to physical labor: it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

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Frank Norris: I never truckled;...

Frank Norris: I never truckled;...

I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them the...

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Thomas Wolfe: The whole conviction...

Thomas Wolfe: The whole conviction...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious...

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Elie Wiesel: That is my...

Elie Wiesel: That is my...

That is my major preoccupation --memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify...

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Leo Rosten: A writer writes...

Leo Rosten: A writer writes...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to...

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Margaret Mitchell: I was never...

Margaret Mitchell: I was never...

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended...

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Kathleen Norris: Life is easier...

Kathleen Norris: Life is easier...

Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and...

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Agatha Christie: We owe most...

Agatha Christie: We owe most...

We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness-either enforced or...

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Gore Vidal: Most writers write...

Gore Vidal: Most writers write...

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

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Edward Hoagland: Men often compete...

Edward Hoagland: Men often compete...

Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a...

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Olive Schreiner: Everything has two...

Olive Schreiner: Everything has two...

Everything has two sides --the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.

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Jean Paul: The parent is...

Jean Paul: The parent is...

The parent is low, who having children, truly feels bored.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Christopher Morley: God made man...

Christopher Morley: God made man...

God made man merely to hear some praise
Of what he'd done on those Five Days.


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Alex Haley: I acknowledge immense...

Alex Haley: I acknowledge immense...

I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa -- where today it is rightly said that when a griot...

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Stephen Potter: Donsmanship . ....

Stephen Potter: Donsmanship . ....

Donsmanship . . . 'the art of criticizing without actually listening'.

Source:...

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