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Ishmael Reed: I try to...

Ishmael Reed: I try to...

I try to do what has never been done before.

Source: In African-American Writers,...

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Alvin Toffler: It is better...

Alvin Toffler: It is better...

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Source: In The...

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Osbert Sitwell: My education [takes...

Osbert Sitwell: My education [takes...

My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.

Source: Entry in Who's...

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Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they...

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Lydia M Child: Every human being...

Lydia M Child: Every human being...

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not...

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Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

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Ian Fleming: A horse is...

Ian Fleming: A horse is...

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

Source: In...

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Romain Rolland: Skepticism, riddling the...

Romain Rolland: Skepticism, riddling the...

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepares the way for the faith of tomorrow.

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Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man...

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Artemus Ward: Let us all...

Artemus Ward: Let us all...

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it...

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Nelson Algren: The avocation of...

Nelson Algren: The avocation of...

The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back...

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Leo Rosten: Humor is, I...

Leo Rosten: Humor is, I...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand...

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Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

People who travel are always fugitives.

Source: Frenchman's Creek.
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Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Our civilization is still in the middle stage; scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct;...

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Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has...

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Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that...

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Malcolm Bradbury: You Liberals think...

Malcolm Bradbury: You Liberals think...

You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.

Source: After...

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Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I...

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Judith Krantz: Billy thought privately...

Judith Krantz: Billy thought privately...

Billy thought privately that the rich are different only because people treat them as if they were. Sometimes she...

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Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.

Source: In...

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