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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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John Mortimer: The worst fault...

John Mortimer: The worst fault...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life,...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The same energy...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: The same energy...

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that...

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Society is like...

Society is like...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the...

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Benjamin Whichcote: The more mysterious,...

Benjamin Whichcote: The more mysterious,...

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half...

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Rene Descartes: It is not...

Rene Descartes: It is not...

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

Source: In...

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: God is in...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: God is in...

God is in the details.

Source: On restraint in design; in NY Herald Tribune, 28 Jun...

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Philip Massinger: Immature poets imitate,...

Philip Massinger: Immature poets imitate,...

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Johnny Cash: When I get...

Johnny Cash: When I get...

When I get an idea for a song it would gel in my mind for weeks or months, and then one day just like that, I'll write...

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Joyce Kilmer: It is stern...

Joyce Kilmer: It is stern...

It is stern work, it is perilous work to thrust your hand in the sun
And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm...

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Ernest Hemingway: The man who...

Ernest Hemingway: The man who...

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

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Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Our civilization is still in the middle stage; scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct;...

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Arthur Koestler: If the creator...

Arthur Koestler: If the creator...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Artists are, above...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Artists are, above...

Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.

Source: The Cubist...

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Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as...

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Jerry Seinfeld: The whole object...

Jerry Seinfeld: The whole object...

The whole object of comedy is to be yourself and the closer you get to that, the funnier you will...

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Euripides: Slight not what...

Euripides: Slight not what...

Slight not what is near, while aiming at what is far.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Rene Descartes: The first precept...

Rene Descartes: The first precept...

The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single...

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Isaac Asimov: One man's religion...

Isaac Asimov: One man's religion...

One man's religion is another mans' belly laugh.

Source: From Charades, an internet...

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Nicolas Boileau: Whatever we well...

Nicolas Boileau: Whatever we well...

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Source:...

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