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Tennessee Williams: When I stop...

Tennessee Williams: When I stop...

When I stop [working] the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Brendan Behan: All publicity is...

Brendan Behan: All publicity is...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Source: In Sunday Express...

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George Bernard Shaw: Beware of false...

George Bernard Shaw: Beware of false...

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Source:
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George Bernard Shaw: He who can,...

George Bernard Shaw: He who can,...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Source: Man and Superman, 'Maxims for...

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George Bernard Shaw: My method is...

George Bernard Shaw: My method is...

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost...

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George Bernard Shaw: Self-sacrifice enables us...

George Bernard Shaw: Self-sacrifice enables us...

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Source: Man &...

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Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Mary Kay Ash: Most people live...

Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.

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Adam Smith: People of the...

Adam Smith: People of the...

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a...

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Joseph A Schumpeter: Bureaucracy is not...

Joseph A Schumpeter: Bureaucracy is not...

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

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J P Morgan: I don't want...

J P Morgan: I don't want...

I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do; I hire them to tell me how to do what I want to...

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George S Kaufman: The kind of...

George S Kaufman: The kind of...

The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.

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James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

James Matthew Barrie: A safe but...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for...

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James Matthew Barrie: Nothing is really...

James Matthew Barrie: Nothing is really...

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Source: In...

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James Matthew Barrie: It is all...

James Matthew Barrie: It is all...

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?

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William Shakespeare: Ideas are the...

William Shakespeare: Ideas are the...

Ideas are the very coinage of your brain.

Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary...

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Theodore Roethke: Time marks us...

Theodore Roethke: Time marks us...

Time marks us while we are marking time.

Source: Straw for the Fire
-- Theodore...

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Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

A language . . . is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

Source: In...

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Rupert Brooke: Oh! Death will...

Rupert Brooke: Oh! Death will...

Oh! Death will find me long before I tire
Of watching you; and swing me suddenly
Into the shade and loneliness...

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Antonin Artaud: There is in...

Antonin Artaud: There is in...

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom...

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