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Edward F Halifax: Hope is generally...

Edward F Halifax: Hope is generally...

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.

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Herbert Henry Asquith: Youth would be...

Herbert Henry Asquith: Youth would be...

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Source: In The...

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Edward Everett: If this boy...

Edward Everett: If this boy...

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the while students choose to withdraw, all the income...

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Abraham Maslow: I have learned...

Abraham Maslow: I have learned...

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of...

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Lawrence Durrell: For us artists...

Lawrence Durrell: For us artists...

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in...

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Graham Henry Greene: Despair is the...

Graham Henry Greene: Despair is the...

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself on an impossible aim.

Source: The...

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George Eliot: Blows are sarcasms...

George Eliot: Blows are sarcasms...

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Sholem Asch: It has been...

Sholem Asch: It has been...

It has been said that writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

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George MacDonald: Certainly work is...

George MacDonald: Certainly work is...

Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - the cultivation of which...

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Edna Ferber: Big doesn't necessarily...

Edna Ferber: Big doesn't necessarily...

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

Source: A Heritage and...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

Dinah Mulock Craik: It seems as...

It seems as if she had given these treasures and left him alone -- to use them, or lose them, apply them, or misapply...

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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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Judith Guest: And if you...

Judith Guest: And if you...

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty,...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: If there was...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: If there was...

If there was a trick, there must be a trickster.

Source: Pilgrimage, Vol. 11, Ch....

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Sholem Asch: I love the...

Sholem Asch: I love the...

I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air.

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Thomas Wolfe: We are always...

Thomas Wolfe: We are always...

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're...

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Augusto Roa Bastos: What happens is...

Augusto Roa Bastos: What happens is...

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind...

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Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

It's a nervous work. The state that you need to write is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid...

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E M Forster: Only connect the...

E M Forster: Only connect the...

Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in...

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