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Georges Clemenceau: A man's life...

Georges Clemenceau: A man's life...

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass...

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Dick Gregory: Just being a...

Dick Gregory: Just being a...

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert...

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It is always...

It is always...

It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own...

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A Whig is...

A Whig is...

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer --that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave...

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His voice was...

His voice was...

His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.

Source: Dusk before...

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The closing of...

The closing of...

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door...

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Genuinely good remarks...

Genuinely good remarks...

Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.

Source: In...

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Phases of the...

Phases of the...

Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties...

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Ogden Nash: To keep your...

Ogden Nash: To keep your...

To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're...

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Kelly Miller: I see that...

Kelly Miller: I see that...

I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the...

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Say what you...

Say what you...

Say what you will about him . . . Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

Source:...

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Growth demands a...

Growth demands a...

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Norman Angell: The capitalist can...

Norman Angell: The capitalist can...

The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war . . . by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic...

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The first rule...

The first rule...

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

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John Ciardi: The reader deserves...

John Ciardi: The reader deserves...

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

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Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad...

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Emily Blackwell: Our school education...

Emily Blackwell: Our school education...

Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development.

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Sojourner Truth: We do as...

Sojourner Truth: We do as...

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Source: In Words of Women...

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ADMINISTRATION, n. An...

ADMINISTRATION, n. An...

ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or...

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Fantasies are more...

Fantasies are more...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed...

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