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Edmund Hillary: There is precious...

Edmund Hillary: There is precious...

There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

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Charles Darwin: Believing as I...

Charles Darwin: Believing as I...

Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an...

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John Muir: When one tugs...

John Muir: When one tugs...

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

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Eugene Wigner: Physics is becoming...

Eugene Wigner: Physics is becoming...

Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It takes so long...

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J Robert Oppenheimer: In some sort...

J Robert Oppenheimer: In some sort...

In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have...

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Niels Bohr: Anyone who is...

Niels Bohr: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.

Source: From...

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Claude Monet: I would advise...

Claude Monet: I would advise...

I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly ....

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Antonio Gramsci: Before puberty the...

Antonio Gramsci: Before puberty the...

Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire...

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Whatever is in...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Whatever is in...

Whatever is in any way beautiful has its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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Mark Twain: The right word...

Mark Twain: The right word...

The right word may be effective but no word was ever as effective as rightly timed pause.

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Charles Buxton: In life, as...

Charles Buxton: In life, as...

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Agatha Christie: Most successes are...

Agatha Christie: Most successes are...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by...

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Milan Kundera: The basis of...

Milan Kundera: The basis of...

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be...

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Kingsley Amis: It scored right...

Kingsley Amis: It scored right...

It scored right away with me by being the smooth, fine-grained sort, not the coarse, flaky, dry-on-the-outside rubbish...

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Charles Kingsley: We act as...

Charles Kingsley: We act as...

We act as though comfort luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: In anything at...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: In anything at...

In anything at all, perfection is finally attained, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no...

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Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early...

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