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Joseph Heller: When I grow...

Joseph Heller: When I grow...

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Source: Something Happened.
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Hermann Goering: The Americans cannot...

Hermann Goering: The Americans cannot...

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor...

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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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James A Froude: The practical effect...

James A Froude: The practical effect...

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Source: In...

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Charles A Beard: You need only...

Charles A Beard: You need only...

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to...

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Henry Brooks Adams: Chaos often breeds...

Henry Brooks Adams: Chaos often breeds...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Source: The Education of Henry...

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Theodore H White: It was like...

Theodore H White: It was like...

It was like walking through a field playing a brass tuba the day it rained gold. Everything was sitting around waiting...

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Henry Brooks Adams: A friend in...

Henry Brooks Adams: A friend in...

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams.
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Ralph Ellison: Good fiction is...

Ralph Ellison: Good fiction is...

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.

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Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Source:
-- Agatha...

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George Steiner: The ordinary man...

George Steiner: The ordinary man...

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are...

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Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our...

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Margaret Walker: White folks needs...

Margaret Walker: White folks needs...

White folks needs what black folks got just as much as black folks needs what white folks got, and we's all got to...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: The quality of...

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its...

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Desiderius Erasmus: I have turned...

Desiderius Erasmus: I have turned...

I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some...

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Desiderius Erasmus: The fox has...

Desiderius Erasmus: The fox has...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

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Gail Pursell Elliott: What we notice...

Gail Pursell Elliott: What we notice...

What we notice is what resonates with our inner perspective. We tend to overlook what does not connect with our...

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Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

Sandra Day O'Connor: The power I...

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

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Benjamin Cardozo: Prophecy, however honest,...

Benjamin Cardozo: Prophecy, however honest,...

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

Source: In...

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