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Much has been...

Much has been...

Much has been written about the beauty, the stillness, the terror of the desert but Iittle about its...

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Skill is successfully...

Skill is successfully...

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is...

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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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It's not so...

It's not so...

It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often, and that passes for good on...

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If you have...

If you have...

If you have goals and procrastination you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything...

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Great things are...

Great things are...

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular...

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Emile Zola: If I cannot...

Emile Zola: If I cannot...

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

Source:...

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Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

Barbara De Angelis: No matter what...

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...

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Kelly Miller: Civilization is not...

Kelly Miller: Civilization is not...

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch to be handed down...

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Peter De Vries: Every novel should...

Peter De Vries: Every novel should...

Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end.

Source: In Webster's...

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Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Thoughts create a...

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus: Thoughts create a...

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts...

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Austin O'Malley: All things come...

Austin O'Malley: All things come...

All things come to him who waits -- even justice.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Aesop: It is not...

Aesop: It is not...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Source: Fables, 'The Jay and the...

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Gertrude Stein: What is the...

Gertrude Stein: What is the...

What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?

Source: Her...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: The great tragedy...

Thomas Henry Huxley: The great tragedy...

The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

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Thomas Henry Huxley: It is the...

Thomas Henry Huxley: It is the...

It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

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Stanislaw Lec: A man who...

Stanislaw Lec: A man who...

A man who is a genius and doesn't know it probably isn't.

Source: In 20,000 Quips...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: The greatest talents...

Titus Maccius Plautus: The greatest talents...

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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A critic is...

A critic is...

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

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