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Brendan Behan: I have never...

Brendan Behan: I have never...

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

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Samuel Foote: When house and...

Samuel Foote: When house and...

When house and land are gone and spent,
Then learning is most excellent.


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George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Source: In The...

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Stanislaw Lec: The window to...

Stanislaw Lec: The window to...

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Certainly nothing is...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Certainly nothing is...

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

Source: 'The...

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Maurice Maeterlinck: A truth that...

Maurice Maeterlinck: A truth that...

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man's...

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Samuel Foote: They all fell...

Samuel Foote: They all fell...

They all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gun powder ran out at the heels of their...

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Robert Half: Convincing yourself doesn't...

Robert Half: Convincing yourself doesn't...

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

Source:
-- Robert Half, (Jan 0...

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Peter Drucker: What you have...

Peter Drucker: What you have...

What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that's...

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Most ballet teachers...

Most ballet teachers...

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be...

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The ballet is...

The ballet is...

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the...

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Music - The...

Music - The...

Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind...

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Divine fires do...

Divine fires do...

Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their...

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You compose because...

You compose because...

You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive,...

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A great poet...

A great poet...

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Source: Letter to Bettina von...

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Do not let...

Do not let...

Do not let that trouble Your Excellency; perhaps the greetings are intended for me.

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[I am] a...

[I am] a...

[I am] a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what...

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Success is important...

Success is important...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to...

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I cannot switch...

I cannot switch...

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

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