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Kingman Brewster, Jr: Incomprehensible jargon is...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: Incomprehensible jargon is...

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

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Jean-Paul Sartre: It is only...

Jean-Paul Sartre: It is only...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Source: In Quotable Business,...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Architecture starts when...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Architecture starts when...

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

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A Bartlett Giamatti: Teachers believe they...

A Bartlett Giamatti: Teachers believe they...

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: People who have...

Friedrich Nietzsche: People who have...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a...

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Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Leon Trotsky: Life is not...

Life is not an easy matter. . . . You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you...

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The difference between...

The difference between...

The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

Source: In...

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Nonchalance is the...

Nonchalance is the...

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: I can do...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: I can do...

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my...

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Leon Trotsky: Old age is...

Leon Trotsky: Old age is...

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: One act of...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: One act of...

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Source: In Draper's Book...

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Truman Capote: Writing has laws...

Truman Capote: Writing has laws...

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them,...

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Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Edward De Bono: Removing the faults...

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Without poets, without...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Without poets, without...

Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe...

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Arthur Koestler: The more original...

Arthur Koestler: The more original...

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Source: In The...

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Gloria Steinem: If the shoe...

Gloria Steinem: If the shoe...

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

Source: Outrageous Acts and...

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Dagobert Runes: Hesitancy in judgment...

Dagobert Runes: Hesitancy in judgment...

Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.

Source: In Webster's...

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Dagobert Runes: Compassion is the...

Dagobert Runes: Compassion is the...

Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever...

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The main difference...

The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Culture is what...

Culture is what...

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

Source: A Glass Eye...

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