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James Thurber: Speed is scarcely...

James Thurber: Speed is scarcely...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of...

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James Thurber: Why do you...

James Thurber: Why do you...

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Source: Attrib. Actually...

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V S Naipaul: To read a...

V S Naipaul: To read a...

To read a newspaper for the first time is like coming into a film that has been on for an hour. Newspapers are like...

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Harold Macmillan: I am MacWonder...

Harold Macmillan: I am MacWonder...

I am MacWonder one moment and MacBlunder the next.

Source: Daily Telegraph, 15 Nov...

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Winston Churchill: What was gunpowder?...

Winston Churchill: What was gunpowder?...

What was gunpowder? Trivial. What was electricity? Meaningless. The atomic bomb is the Second Coming in...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Mary Todd Lincoln: Beautiful, glorious Scotland,...

Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!

Source:...

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Bill Clinton: This is by...

Bill Clinton: This is by...

This is by far the largest group of radio and television correspondents ever assembled this far from a Los Angeles...

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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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Shirley Jackson: It has long...

Shirley Jackson: It has long...

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears...

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Judith Krantz: I have only...

Judith Krantz: I have only...

I have only one reader -- me. I'm the average reader. If I like it, that's all I worry...

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Rumer Godden: The motto was...

Rumer Godden: The motto was...

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Source: On a...

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Jack Kerouac: It is not...

Jack Kerouac: It is not...

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar...

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Jane Austen: One cannot have...

Jane Austen: One cannot have...

One cannot have too large a party.

Source: 'Emma'
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Neither intelligence nor judgment are creative. If a sculptor is nothing but science and intelligence his hands will...

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Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

Mary McCarthy: The suspense of...

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will...

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Margaret Drabble: When nothing is...

Margaret Drabble: When nothing is...

When nothing is sure, everything is possible.

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Robert Penn Warren: Poets, we know,...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about...

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Robert South: Defeat should never...

Robert South: Defeat should never...

Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant.

Source:...

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Augustus (and Julius) Hare: The greatest truths...

Augustus (and Julius) Hare: The greatest truths...

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Source: In...

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John Mason Neale: Christian! dost thou...

John Mason Neale: Christian! dost thou...

Christian! dost thou see them
On the holy ground,
How the troops of Midian
Prowl and prowl...

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