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There's a helluva...

There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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The man who...

The man who...

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really...

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Intuition becomes increasingly...

Intuition becomes increasingly...

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much...

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The actor doesn't...

The actor doesn't...

The actor doesn't merely command the stage, he seems to own it by divine right.

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Universities are the...

Universities are the...

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian...

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In America, educators...

In America, educators...

In America, educators punish those who actually think for themselves. There is only acceptance for popular...

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She was always...

She was always...

She was always pleased to have him come and
never sorry to see him go.


Source:...

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Growing old is...

Growing old is...

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

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Of this be...

Of this be...

Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. ....

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It is one...

It is one...

It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself.

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Ambition is an...

Ambition is an...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings
Great minds are carried only to extreme;
To be sublimely great or to be...

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Youth is like...

Youth is like...

Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the...

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To be an...

To be an...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts -- absolute gifts -- which have been acquired by one's own...

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Curiosity is free-wheeling...

Curiosity is free-wheeling...

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Thomas Aquinas: The test of...

Thomas Aquinas: The test of...

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he...

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Clutter is the...

Clutter is the...

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions,...

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You will find...

You will find...

You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.

Source: In

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Men who wear...

Men who wear...

Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles.

Source: In NY Post, 18 Dec 1967.
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When I learn...

When I learn...

When I learn something new -- and it happens every day -- I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more...

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A friend is...

A friend is...

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

Source: In

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