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Ken Kesey: You can't really...

Ken Kesey: You can't really...

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Source: One Flew...

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Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Source: In The Electric Kool-Aid...

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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

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Lisa Alther: I happen to...

Lisa Alther: I happen to...

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting...

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Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, a moment ago things were not like this, let it be then, not...

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Peter De Vries: I was thinking...

Peter De Vries: I was thinking...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer...

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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Mary McCarthy: It has to...

Mary McCarthy: It has to...

It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of...

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Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

Sarah Louise Delany: . ....

. . . we never worked for white people in their homes. No, sir, not even once! That is one of the accomplishments in...

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Laurence J Peter: A man convinced...

Laurence J Peter: A man convinced...

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

Source: In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by...

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Gilbert Highet: Many people have...

Gilbert Highet: Many people have...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Edward Everett Hale: Never bear more...

Edward Everett Hale: Never bear more...

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble -- the ones they've had,...

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John Bunyan: My sword I...

John Bunyan: My sword I...

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

A great man is always willing to be little.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

Jeremy Bentham: As to the...

As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

Friedrich Nietzsche: The philosopher believes...

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it...

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Mark Twain: Make it a...

Mark Twain: Make it a...

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit...

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Mark Twain: Most people are...

Mark Twain: Most people are...

Most people are bothered by scripture they don't understand, but what bothers me are those I do...

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