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Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but...

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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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R S Surtees: He was a...

R S Surtees: He was a...

He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly.

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: We promise according...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: We promise according...

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Source: In...

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Richard Hughes: Do your bit...

Richard Hughes: Do your bit...

Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you...

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Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Middle age snuffs our more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

Source: The...

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William Golding: The journey of...

William Golding: The journey of...

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at...

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Hermann Hesse: All men are...

Hermann Hesse: All men are...

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

Dorothy Gilman: But she knew...

But she knew that she had encountered one of the more devastating kinds of loneliness in existence: that of being in...

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Kingsley Amis: The ideal of...

Kingsley Amis: The ideal of...

The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong...

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Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

It was as though there was a film going on inside my head, and I was watching it as it went by. I was completely...

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Mario Puzo: A lawyer with...

Mario Puzo: A lawyer with...

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

Source:...

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Martin Amis: For myself and...

Martin Amis: For myself and...

For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don't want to have to hang about...

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Douglas Adams: There is a...

Douglas Adams: There is a...

There is a theory that states: If anyone finds out what the universe is for it will disappear and be replaced by...

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Vance Palmer: The voice of...

Vance Palmer: The voice of...

The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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Artemus Ward: It ain't so...

Artemus Ward: It ain't so...

It ain't so much what people don't know that hurts as what they know that ain't so.

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Artemus Ward: I prefer temperance...

Artemus Ward: I prefer temperance...

I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of...

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James Fenimore Cooper: Principles . ....

James Fenimore Cooper: Principles . ....

Principles . . . become modified in practice, by facts.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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