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Americans will put...

Americans will put...

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

Source: In...

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Ideas are great...

Ideas are great...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.

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I would rather...

I would rather...

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his...

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There's a helluva...

There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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The race of...

The race of...

The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity.

Source: In

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If men could...

If men could...

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds they would frequently discover that they did...

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I think the...

I think the...

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

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Writing is the...

Writing is the...

Writing is the most demanding of callings, more harrowing than a warrior's, more lonely than a whaling captain's that,...

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Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh., That's acting for you or maybe...

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Fortune cannot be...

Fortune cannot be...

Fortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship. But she can be wooed and won by hard...

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Three failures denote...

Three failures denote...

Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.

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Satiety is a...

Satiety is a...

Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.

Source: Naked Truth &...

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Every clarification breeds...

Every clarification breeds...

Every clarification breeds new questions.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance...

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It's essential to...

It's essential to...

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused...

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Wasting time is...

Wasting time is...

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

Source:...

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The awesome antiphon...

The awesome antiphon...

The awesome antiphon swelled in the dark and expanded.

Source: On music at early...

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Chaucer was a...

Chaucer was a...

Chaucer was a class traitor
Shakespeare hated the mob
Donne sold out a bit later
Sidney was a...

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What you can't...

What you can't...

What you can't communicate runs your life.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Thomas Aquinas: It is requisite...

Thomas Aquinas: It is requisite...

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and...

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