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Michel Foucault: As the archeology...

Michel Foucault: As the archeology...

As the archeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its...

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Italo Calvino: The unconscious is...

Italo Calvino: The unconscious is...

The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a...

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George Orwell: Advertising is the...

George Orwell: Advertising is the...

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Source: In Quotable...

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Clive Barker: The threads can...

Clive Barker: The threads can...

The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the...

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Claude Bernard: Science does not...

Claude Bernard: Science does not...

Science does not permit exceptions.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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The freedom to...

The freedom to...

The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a...

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We follow the...

We follow the...

We follow the mystics. They know where they are going. They, too, go astray, but when they go astray they do so in a...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God.

Source:...

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Common sense and...

Common sense and...

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common...

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Being a good...

Being a good...

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife. . . . a dedication to keeping...

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A bachelor never...

A bachelor never...

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.

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A bride at...

A bride at...

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty...

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Even today, well-brought-up...

Even today, well-brought-up...

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a...

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Nothing succeeds like...

Nothing succeeds like...

Nothing succeeds like address.

Source: Metropolitan Life, The Nail Bank: Not Just...

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Next to power...

Next to power...

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

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Statistics are to...

Statistics are to...

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie.

Source: 60...

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Lettuce is like...

Lettuce is like...

Lettuce is like conversation: it must be fresh and crisp, and so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in...

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Mud-pies gratify one...

Mud-pies gratify one...

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are...

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Growth, in some...

Growth, in some...

Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or...

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