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Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to...

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Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend . . .

Source: Defending Peyton Place, NY Mirror, 6...

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J G Ballard: Science and technology...

J G Ballard: Science and technology...

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and...

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Ernest Hemingway: Cowardice . ....

Ernest Hemingway: Cowardice . ....

Cowardice . . . is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the...

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Ernest Hemingway: Never mistake motion...

Ernest Hemingway: Never mistake motion...

Never mistake motion for action.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said,...

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Frederick Douglass: A gentleman will...

Frederick Douglass: A gentleman will...

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

Source:...

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Jack London: Everything is good...

Jack London: Everything is good...

Everything is good . . . as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death's horses; they run in...

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Herman Wouk: Income tax returns:...

Herman Wouk: Income tax returns:...

Income tax returns: the most imaginative fiction written today.

Source: In 1,911...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water,...

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Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to...

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William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

William Gilmore Simms: Neither praise or...

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to...

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Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

Sloan Wilson: The hardest part...

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or...

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Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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Richard Bach: Your only obligation...

Richard Bach: Your only obligation...

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only...

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Rutherford B Hayes: He serves his...

Rutherford B Hayes: He serves his...

He serves his party best who serves his country best.

Source: Inaugural address, 5...

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Chester A Arthur: I may be...

Chester A Arthur: I may be...

I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

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James Monroe: National honor is...

James Monroe: National honor is...

National honor is national property of the highest value.

Source: First Inaugural...

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Richard Cobden: I believe it...

Richard Cobden: I believe it...

I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the...

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