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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: No one is...

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

Source: Uncle Tom's...

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Ralph Ellison: America is woven...

Ralph Ellison: America is woven...

America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet...

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Ralph Ellison: There are few...

Ralph Ellison: There are few...

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

Source: In Famous...

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Ralph Ellison: The understanding of...

Ralph Ellison: The understanding of...

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human...

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Ralph Ellison: There must be...

Ralph Ellison: There must be...

There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the...

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Alvin Toffler: Knowledge is the...

Alvin Toffler: Knowledge is the...

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Source: Powershift: Knowledge,...

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Alvin Toffler: Most managers were...

Alvin Toffler: Most managers were...

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise -- bureaucrats.

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Honore de Balzac: Passion is universal...

Honore de Balzac: Passion is universal...

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be...

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Honore de Balzac: Bureaucracy is a...

Honore de Balzac: Bureaucracy is a...

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: A baby is...

Mark Twain: A baby is...

A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

Source: Letter to Annie Webster, 1...

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Mark Twain: A coin, sleeve...

Mark Twain: A coin, sleeve...

A coin, sleeve button, or a collar button dropped in a bedroom will hide itself and be hard to find. A handkerchief in...

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Mark Twain: A lie can...

Mark Twain: A lie can...

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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Mark Twain: Apparently there is...

Mark Twain: Apparently there is...

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Source:
-- Mark Twain,...

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Mark Twain: By his father...

Mark Twain: By his father...

By his father he is English, by his mother he is American -- to my mind the blend which makes the perfect...

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Mark Twain: Education is the...

Mark Twain: Education is the...

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: Good friends, good...

Mark Twain: Good friends, good...

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience; this is the ideal life.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Honest poverty is...

Mark Twain: Honest poverty is...

Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own, but I wish to sell...

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Mark Twain: I am an...

Mark Twain: I am an...

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

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