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Rumer Godden: If books were...

Rumer Godden: If books were...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. . . . because it is the stitch that makes a...

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George MacDonald: But for money...

George MacDonald: But for money...

But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if...

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John Ashbery: There is the...

John Ashbery: There is the...

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation...

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Ovid: Seeking is all...

Ovid: Seeking is all...

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for...

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Jack Lemmon: It can be...

Jack Lemmon: It can be...

It can be a simple sentence that makes one single point, and you build for that. You zero in on one moment that gets...

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Michael Caine: Be like a...

Michael Caine: Be like a...

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

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Warren Beatty: In a way,...

Warren Beatty: In a way,...

In a way, I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an in-depth interview. I'd...

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Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: I think, at...

Eleanor Roosevelt: I think, at...

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: We must be...

Eleanor Roosevelt: We must be...

We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a...

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Morarji Desai: You are quite...

Morarji Desai: You are quite...

You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number...

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Thomas More: . . ....

Thomas More: . . ....

. . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might...

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Demosthenes: The readiest and...

Demosthenes: The readiest and...

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

Source:...

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Vaclav Havel: If you want...

Vaclav Havel: If you want...

If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.

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Mao Tse-Tung: Take the ideas...

Mao Tse-Tung: Take the ideas...

Take the ideas of the masses (scattered and unsystematic ideas) and concentrate them (through study turn them into...

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Claude Pepper: If more politicians...

Claude Pepper: If more politicians...

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be...

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Philip Sidney: It is great...

Philip Sidney: It is great...

It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.

Source: In...

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Ralph Bunche: If you want...

Ralph Bunche: If you want...

If you want to get an idea across, wrap it up in a person.

Source: In Great...

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Ralph Bunche: To make our...

Ralph Bunche: To make our...

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We...

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Catherine the Great: A great wind...

Catherine the Great: A great wind...

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

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