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P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings...

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Sholem Asch: An illness is...

Sholem Asch: An illness is...

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote...

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J G Ballard: In a completely...

J G Ballard: In a completely...

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

Source: Interview, 30 Oct....

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John Steinbeck: It is a...

John Steinbeck: It is a...

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep...

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P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

P D James: Metaphysical speculation is...

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for...

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Dorothy Gilman: She felt again...

Dorothy Gilman: She felt again...

She felt again that small shiver that occurred to her when events hinted at a destiny being played out, of unseen...

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Herman Wouk: I felt there's...

Herman Wouk: I felt there's...

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of...

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Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be...

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Judith Rossner: It is easier...

Judith Rossner: It is easier...

It is easier to betray than to remain loyal. It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself...

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Henri Bergson: To perceive means...

Henri Bergson: To perceive means...

To perceive means to immobilize . . . we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception...

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Robert Graves: Nine-tenths of English...

Robert Graves: Nine-tenths of English...

Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand...

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C P Snow: Literary intellectuals at...

C P Snow: Literary intellectuals at...

Literary intellectuals at one pole -- at the other scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual...

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Doug Horton: Boring people are...

Doug Horton: Boring people are...

Boring people are a reflection of boring people.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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David Livingstone: If you have...

David Livingstone: If you have...

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if...

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David Livingstone: Fear God and...

David Livingstone: Fear God and...

Fear God and work hard.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Thomas ? Kempis: Life without a...

Thomas ? Kempis: Life without a...

Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves:...

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Thomas ? Kempis: We are often...

Thomas ? Kempis: We are often...

We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.

Source: De Imitatione...

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Francis J Grimke: A pretty good...

Francis J Grimke: A pretty good...

A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

Source: In...

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Francis J Grimke: When the U.S....

Francis J Grimke: When the U.S....

When the U.S. Government shows a proper appreciation of the services of the Negro who has never failed it in every...

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Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Margaret Thatcher: Look at a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's...

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