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S J Perelman: He bit his...

S J Perelman: He bit his...

He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite...

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Italo Calvino: I am prisoner...

Italo Calvino: I am prisoner...

I am prisoner of a gaudy and unlivable present, where all forms of human society have reached an extreme of their...

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Jack London: Affluence means influence....

Jack London: Affluence means influence....

Affluence means influence.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Jean Paul Richter: Men, like bullets,...

Jean Paul Richter: Men, like bullets,...

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

Thomas Wolfe: A young man...

A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use...

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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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James Allen: You will become...

James Allen: You will become...

You will become as small as your dominate desire; as great as your dominate aspiration.

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James Allen: In all human...

James Allen: In all human...

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the...

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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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Anna Sewell: Master said, God...

Anna Sewell: Master said, God...

Master said, God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves; but He gave animals...

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Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

She could not separate success from peace of mind. The two must go together.

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

The question was not how to get a job, but how to live by such jobs as I could get.

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Grace Metalious: I looked into...

Grace Metalious: I looked into...

I looked into that empty bottle and I saw myself.

Source: On her bout with...

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Alexander Woollcott: All the things...

Alexander Woollcott: All the things...

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.

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Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.

Source: Looking...

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Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Lawrence Durrell: Journeys, like artists,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them...

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Marquis de Sade: All universal moral...

Marquis de Sade: All universal moral...

All universal moral principles are idle fancies.

Source: The 120 Days of...

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E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

Railway termini. . . are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and...

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Jane Austen: All the privilege...

Jane Austen: All the privilege...

All the privilege I claim for my own sex . . . is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is...

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Elie Wiesel: Words can sometimes,...

Elie Wiesel: Words can sometimes,...

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Source: In...

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