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Marcus Garvey: I know no...

Marcus Garvey: I know no...

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is...

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Harold Macmillan: He is forever...

Harold Macmillan: He is forever...

He is forever poised between a clich? and an indiscretion.

Source: On position of...

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Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

Mary McCarthy: If someone tells...

If someone tells you he is going to make a realistic decision, you immediately understand that he has resolved to do...

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Mark Twain: Get you facts...

Mark Twain: Get you facts...

Get you facts first, and then you can distort 'em as much as you please.

Source: In...

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John LeCarre: You should have...

John LeCarre: You should have...

You should have died when I killed you.

Source: Lines for a bureaucrat speaking to...

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John LeCarre: For decades to...

John LeCarre: For decades to...

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is...

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Shirley Jackson: It is only...

Shirley Jackson: It is only...

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of...

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Artemus Ward: I am happiest...

Artemus Ward: I am happiest...

I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labor, and at the expiration of...

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Joseph Heller: Some men are...

Joseph Heller: Some men are...

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon...

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Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

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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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James Thurber: My drawings have...

James Thurber: My drawings have...

My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had...

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

It is better to know some of the questions than all the answers.

Source: In 1,911...

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James Thurber: While he was...

James Thurber: While he was...

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Source: In The...

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V S Naipaul: The world is...

V S Naipaul: The world is...

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in...

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Salman Rushdie: One of the...

Salman Rushdie: One of the...

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes...

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Old things are...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Old things are...

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

Source: In Wisdom...

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William C Nell: While I would...

William C Nell: While I would...

While I would not . . . detract from the credit justly due the men . . . . It was these mothers who accompanied me to...

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William C Nell: Any man among...

William C Nell: Any man among...

Any man among us, voting for their respective candidates, virtually recognizes the righteousness of their principles,...

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Theodore H White: The gusto of...

Theodore H White: The gusto of...

The gusto of one, the indignation of the other; the challenge of the one party, the response of the other; the...

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