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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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Mary Tyler Moore: I'm not an...

Mary Tyler Moore: I'm not an...

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: In trying to...

In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been...

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Marlene Dietrich: Think twice before...

Marlene Dietrich: Think twice before...

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Duke Ellington: Playing bop is...

Duke Ellington: Playing bop is...

Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

Source: In Look,...

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John Lee  Hooker: It's never hard...

John Lee Hooker: It's never hard...

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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B B King: The beautiful thing...

B B King: The beautiful thing...

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

Source: In...

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Henny Youngman: If you're going...

Henny Youngman: If you're going...

If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep...

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Henny Youngman: I take my...

Henny Youngman: I take my...

I take my wife everywhere I go. She always finds her way back.

Source: In The...

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Alfred Hitchcock: I've become a...

Alfred Hitchcock: I've become a...

I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.

Source: In The...

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Steven Spielberg: All I have...

Steven Spielberg: All I have...

All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to...

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Ingmar Bergman: Art lost its...

Ingmar Bergman: Art lost its...

Art lost its basic creative drive the moment it was separated from worship . . . In former days the artist remained...

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Billy Wilder: An actor entering...

Billy Wilder: An actor entering...

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a...

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