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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.

Source: Balloons,...

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Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

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Tom Sharpe: There's nothing worse...

Tom Sharpe: There's nothing worse...

There's nothing worse than an introspective drunk.

Source: In Treasury of Humorous...

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J P Donleavy: To marry the...

J P Donleavy: To marry the...

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

Source: The Ginger Man, 1955
-- J P...

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Mark Twain: What a man...

Mark Twain: What a man...

What a man misses mostly in heaven is company.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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James Agee: When he ran...

James Agee: When he ran...

When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to...

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Boris Pasternak: Art is interested...

Boris Pasternak: Art is interested...

Art is interested in life at the moment when the ray of power is passing through it.

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Djuna Barnes: New York is...

Djuna Barnes: New York is...

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical...

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Benjamin Franklin: Don't throw stones...

Benjamin Franklin: Don't throw stones...

Don't throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass.

Source: In

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G C Lichtenberg: The journalists have...

G C Lichtenberg: The journalists have...

The journalists have constructed for themselves a little wooden chapel, which they also call the Temple of Fame, in...

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George Bernard Shaw: Obscenity can be...

George Bernard Shaw: Obscenity can be...

Obscenity can be found in every book except the telephone directory.

Source: In...

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Henry George: There is danger...

Henry George: There is danger...

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

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Harvey S Firestone: If you have...

Harvey S Firestone: If you have...

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business...

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Leonardo DiCaprio: If you can...

Leonardo DiCaprio: If you can...

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most...

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Drew Barrymore: God made a...

Drew Barrymore: God made a...

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs...

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Miles Davis: If you understood...

Miles Davis: If you understood...

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

Source: In Music is My Mistress,...

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Alice Childress: The Black writer...

Alice Childress: The Black writer...

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Source: A Candle in a Gale...

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Samuel Goldwyn: It's more than...

Samuel Goldwyn: It's more than...

It's more than magnificent. It's mediocre.

Source:
-- Samuel Goldwyn, (Aug 27...

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Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

Aretha Franklin: My heart is...

My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot...

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