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He may be...

He may be...

He may be a very nice man. But I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he's got a uniform and a gun...

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Words like freedom,...

Words like freedom,...

Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born...

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You think your...

You think your...

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world. But books taught me that the...

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Experience, which destroys...

Experience, which destroys...

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.

Source: In...

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Instinct is the...

Instinct is the...

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Source: In Reader's Digest, 1 Oct 1972.
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I don't want...

I don't want...

I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace.

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I know that...

I know that...

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,...

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His ignorance was...

His ignorance was...

His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its...

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Annie Dillard: You can't test...

Annie Dillard: You can't test...

You can't test courage cautiously.

Source: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, ch. 6,...

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Anais Nin: There are very...

Anais Nin: There are very...

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them...

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Iris Murdoch: Happiness is a...

Iris Murdoch: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with...

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Colette: You will do...

Colette: You will do...

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I did not...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I did not...

I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

Source: Referring to...

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Ishmael Reed: Writing has made...

Ishmael Reed: Writing has made...

Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the...

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Carolyn Wells: We should live...

Carolyn Wells: We should live...

We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.

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Carolyn Wells: Of two evils...

Carolyn Wells: Of two evils...

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Louis L'Amour: One never realizes...

Louis L'Amour: One never realizes...

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.

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Elias Canetti: Success is the...

Elias Canetti: Success is the...

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

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Aesop: It is in...

Aesop: It is in...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

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