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Robert Hayden: [My poetry is]...

Robert Hayden: [My poetry is]...

[My poetry is] a way of coming to grips with reality . . . a way of discovery and definition. It is a way of solving...

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William Stanley Braithwaite: I am glad...

William Stanley Braithwaite: I am glad...

I am glad daylong for the gift of song,
For time and change and sorrow;
For the sunset wings and the world-end...

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Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Source: Patterns of Culture,...

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Austin O'Malley: Many a man...

Austin O'Malley: Many a man...

Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and...

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Peter De Vries: It is the...

Peter De Vries: It is the...

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

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Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same...

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Anthony Powell: People think that...

Anthony Powell: People think that...

People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs...

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Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

Source: In...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

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Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Robert Nathan: Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a silence in the heart.

Source: A Cedar Box.
-- Robert Nathan, (Jan 2...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

Salman Rushdie: A poet's work...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop...

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Richard Bach: The best way...

Richard Bach: The best way...

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Source: The Bridge Across...

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Richard Bach: Not being known...

Richard Bach: Not being known...

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Source: From BilLee's...

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Wilkie Collins: This is the...

Wilkie Collins: This is the...

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can...

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Charles V: Name me an...

Charles V: Name me an...

Name me an Emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Source: Alleged remark, 23...

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Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

Edward Everett Hale: The making of...

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: He who has...

Friedrich Nietzsche: He who has...

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

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