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Don Delillo: I've come to...

Don Delillo: I've come to...

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

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Sholem Asch: The sword conquered...

Sholem Asch: The sword conquered...

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers forever!

Source: In...

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Herman Wouk: Illusion is an...

Herman Wouk: Illusion is an...

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

Source: War and...

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Charles Reade: The joys we...

Charles Reade: The joys we...

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

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Charles Morgan: There is no...

Charles Morgan: There is no...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved; It is God's finger on man's...

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G C Lichtenberg: In each of...

G C Lichtenberg: In each of...

In each of us there is a little of all of us.

Source: In

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G C Lichtenberg: Nothing makes one...

G C Lichtenberg: Nothing makes one...

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older. ....

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G C Lichtenberg: With a pen...

G C Lichtenberg: With a pen...

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have...

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Benjamin Franklin: Having been poor...

Benjamin Franklin: Having been poor...

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: If your riches...

Benjamin Franklin: If your riches...

If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with to the other world?

Source:...

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Cecil Beaton: On close inspection,...

Cecil Beaton: On close inspection,...

On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the...

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Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Louis Aragon: I demand that...

Louis Aragon: I demand that...

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of...

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Herman J Mankiewicz: It's all right,...

Herman J Mankiewicz: It's all right,...

It's all right, Arthur. The white wine came up with the fish.

Source: After...

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Joan Didion: Writers are always...

Joan Didion: Writers are always...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Source: Slouching Towards Bethlehem,...

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Karen Carpenter: We came out...

Karen Carpenter: We came out...

We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period . . . it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make...

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Billie Holiday: If you think...

Billie Holiday: If you think...

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case...

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Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour...

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Shirley Booth: There is an...

Shirley Booth: There is an...

There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find...

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Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Joanne Woodward: Sexiness wears thin...

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now...

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