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Charles Dickens: I do not...

Charles Dickens: I do not...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.

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P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

P G Wodehouse: I pressed down...

I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea.

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P G Wodehouse: I always advise...

P G Wodehouse: I always advise...

I always advise people never to give advice.

Source: In The Golfer's Book of...

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P G Wodehouse: He was white...

P G Wodehouse: He was white...

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

Source: Describing a startled...

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

Source:...

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James Thurber: Speed is scarcely...

James Thurber: Speed is scarcely...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of...

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Christopher Morley: People like to...

Christopher Morley: People like to...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster,...

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E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

E M Forster: Railway termini. ....

Railway termini. . . are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and...

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J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

J G Ballard: Electronic aids, particularly...

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality...

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John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Source: In diary...

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John Steinbeck: Texas is a...

John Steinbeck: Texas is a...

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And...

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John Steinbeck: No one wants...

John Steinbeck: No one wants...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...

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John Fowles: In essence the...

John Fowles: In essence the...

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest...

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Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we...

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Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Of course, before we know he is a saint, there will have to be miracles.

Source:...

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Edward Dahlberg: Utility is our...

Edward Dahlberg: Utility is our...

Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother,...

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Edward Dahlberg: So much of...

Edward Dahlberg: So much of...

So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our...

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Anthony Burgess: Novelists are perhaps...

Anthony Burgess: Novelists are perhaps...

Novelists are perhaps the last people in the world to be entrusted with opinions. The nature of a novel is that it has...

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