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Don t play...

Don t play...

Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.

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Alan Bennett: I've never seen...

Alan Bennett: I've never seen...

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has...

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John Vanbrugh: The want of...

John Vanbrugh: The want of...

The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.

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John Vanbrugh: Good manners and...

John Vanbrugh: Good manners and...

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

Source: In...

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Tom Stoppard: Every exit is...

Tom Stoppard: Every exit is...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Tennessee Williams: If the writing...

Tennessee Williams: If the writing...

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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Brendan Behan: To get enough...

Brendan Behan: To get enough...

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

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John Fletcher: Love is like...

John Fletcher: Love is like...

Love is like linen often changed, the sweeter.

Source: Sicelides, III. v
-- John...

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Anita Roddick: If you do...

Anita Roddick: If you do...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first be different, be just.

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Adam Smith: The machines that...

Adam Smith: The machines that...

The machines that are first invented to perform any particular movement are always the most complex, and succeeding...

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Thomas Malthus: The histories of...

Thomas Malthus: The histories of...

The histories of mankind . . . are histories only of the higher classes.

Source: In...

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Thomas Malthus: Subsistence increases only...

Thomas Malthus: Subsistence increases only...

Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.

Source: Essays on The...

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Joseph A Schumpeter: We always plan...

Joseph A Schumpeter: We always plan...

We always plan too much and always think too little.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Andrew Carnegie: People who are...

Andrew Carnegie: People who are...

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other...

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Adam Smith: The real price...

Adam Smith: The real price...

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble...

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David Sarnoff: Let us not...

David Sarnoff: Let us not...

Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding over man's capacity for evil.

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Alan Jay Lerner: You write a...

Alan Jay Lerner: You write a...

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Source: Attributed.
-- Alan Jay...

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James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

As soon as you can say what you think, and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being...

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Katharine Graham: If we had...

Katharine Graham: If we had...

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an...

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