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Television can stir...

Television can stir...

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed...

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Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I wasn't born. l was found.

Source: Belle Out of Order, Pt. 1, Ch. I,...

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He vanished to...

He vanished to...

He vanished to the public in order to materialize for his family.

Source: On...

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The closer the...

The closer the...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

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I own and...

I own and...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

Source: In NY Times, 3 Jan 82
-- Bill Moyers,...

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Derek Bok: If you think...

Derek Bok: If you think...

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Louis Nizer: A man who...

Louis Nizer: A man who...

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man...

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The lowest form...

The lowest form...

The lowest form of popular culture -- lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the...

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G C Lichtenberg: Some men come...

G C Lichtenberg: Some men come...

Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede -- not because it has...

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Louis Nizer: Some people will...

Louis Nizer: Some people will...

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

Source: In Webster's...

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Dr Seuss: I start drawing,...

Dr Seuss: I start drawing,...

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try...

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A 'new thinker',...

A 'new thinker',...

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have...

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How little do...

How little do...

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

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Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

Deborah Tannen: It's our tendency...

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are...

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For the first...

For the first...

For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural...

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Etiquette is behaving...

Etiquette is behaving...

Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

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The three indispensables...

The three indispensables...

The three indispensables of genius are understanding, feeling, and perseverance. The three things that enrich genius...

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Do not let...

Do not let...

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.

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Science is spectral...

Science is spectral...

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Source: Pro Domo et Mundo,...

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Painting consumes labour...

Painting consumes labour...

Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble...

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