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Salvador Dali: The difference between...

Salvador Dali: The difference between...

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look...

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Joseph Brodsky: Man is what...

Joseph Brodsky: Man is what...

Man is what he reads.

Source: Quoted by Thomas D'Evelyn Christian Science Monitor,...

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Bertolt Brecht: As regards obstacles,...

Bertolt Brecht: As regards obstacles,...

As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.

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Kim Cattrall: Vulcans are so...

Kim Cattrall: Vulcans are so...

Vulcans are so smart. There's no excess; it's just enough. I learned coming away from the film that less really is...

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Terence Rattigan: When you're between...

Terence Rattigan: When you're between...

When you're between any sort of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea sometimes looks very...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is of...

Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is of...

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Edward Rickenbacker: The four cornerstones...

Edward Rickenbacker: The four cornerstones...

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination,...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Mystical explanations are...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Mystical explanations are...

Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Existence really is...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Existence really is...

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Source: The...

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Dwight L Moody: The difference between...

Dwight L Moody: The difference between...

The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church. . . is almost like the difference between...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is nothing...

Napoleon Bonaparte: Ability is nothing...

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E....

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Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Hannah Arendt: Ideas, as distinguished...

Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

Source: In The...

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Italo Calvino: The catalogue of...

Italo Calvino: The catalogue of...

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: A structure becomes...

Guillaume Apollinaire: A structure becomes...

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in...

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Never judge someone...

Never judge someone...

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling...

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This will never...

This will never...

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing...

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Between flattery and...

Between flattery and...

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Source:...

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Am I like...

Am I like...

Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, I'm all right so...

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The heresy of...

The heresy of...

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

Source: Optimism,...

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