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Harry Crews: There is something...

Harry Crews: There is something...

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed...

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William Gilmore Simms: Tact is one...

William Gilmore Simms: Tact is one...

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the...

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Umberto Eco: The real hero...

Umberto Eco: The real hero...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody...

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Marquis de Sade: Every principle is...

Marquis de Sade: Every principle is...

Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the...

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John Oliver Killens: The Negro was...

John Oliver Killens: The Negro was...

The Negro was invented in America.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet...

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Enid Bagnold: The great and...

Enid Bagnold: The great and...

The great and terrible step was taken. What else could you expect from a girl so expectant? 'Sex,' said Frank Harris,...

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Ben Hecht: Trying to determine...

Ben Hecht: Trying to determine...

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching...

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Ben Hecht: I discovered early...

Ben Hecht: I discovered early...

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There...

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John Sterling: Colors answer feeling...

John Sterling: Colors answer feeling...

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

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Edward Hoagland: Like a kick...

Edward Hoagland: Like a kick...

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

Source:...

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Gore Vidal: In America, the...

Gore Vidal: In America, the...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you are a great writer, you must say that...

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Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

Gay Talese: News, if unreported,...

News, if unreported, has no impact. It might as well have not happened at all.

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Mark Twain: Damn the subjunctive....

Mark Twain: Damn the subjunctive....

Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Men's minds are...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: Men's minds are...

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate.

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Horace Walpole: Mystery is the...

Horace Walpole: Mystery is the...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary, by...

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Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

Enid Bagnold: If a dog...

If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your...

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James Agee: You must be...

James Agee: You must be...

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

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J G Ballard: The marriage of...

J G Ballard: The marriage of...

The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous...

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Judith Rossner: Identity is a...

Judith Rossner: Identity is a...

Identity is a bag and a gag. Yet it exists for me with all the force of a fatal disease. Obviously I am here, a mind...

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Umberto Eco: A dream is...

Umberto Eco: A dream is...

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

Source: Brother...

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