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Bruce Jenner: I always felt...

Bruce Jenner: I always felt...

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental...

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Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has...

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Italo Calvino: The struggle of...

Italo Calvino: The struggle of...

The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the...

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Charles Dickens: Train up a...

Charles Dickens: Train up a...

Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of...

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Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to...

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Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

The stitch of a book is its words.

Source: In Book-of-the-Month Club News, Sep...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in...

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John LeCarre: I move my...

John LeCarre: I move my...

I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.

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Rollo May: [I]f you do...

Rollo May: [I]f you do...

[I]f you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed...

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August Bier: If there weren't...

August Bier: If there weren't...

If there weren't so many professors, medicine would be much easier.

Source:...

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August Bier: I never say...

August Bier: I never say...

I never say of an operation that it is without danger.

Source: In Macmillan...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: We believe at...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: We believe at...

We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?

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June Singer: The modern man...

June Singer: The modern man...

The modern man needs to rescue himself from cultural provincialism.

Source:...

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Howard Thurman: He who fears...

Howard Thurman: He who fears...

He who fears is literally delivered to destruction.

Source: In Famous Black...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: The truth is...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: The truth is...

The truth is that I am enslaved . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When I teach...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: When I teach...

When I teach people, I marry them.

Source: Teacher, 1963.
-- Sylvia...

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Henry David Thoreau: The highest law...

Henry David Thoreau: The highest law...

The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.

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-- Henry David...

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: Here we stand...

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: Here we stand...

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific...

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Thomas Arnold: One's age should...

Thomas Arnold: One's age should...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of...

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Warren Bennis: Make sure you...

Warren Bennis: Make sure you...

Make sure you have someone in your life from whom you can get reflective feedback.

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