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Amos Bronson Alcott: That is a...

Amos Bronson Alcott: That is a...

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.

Source:...

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W C Sellar: America became top...

W C Sellar: America became top...

America became top nation and history came to a full stop.

Source: 1066 And All...

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Walter F Mondale: I don't want...

Walter F Mondale: I don't want...

I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.

Source: On withdrawing...

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Walter F Mondale: Do you want...

Walter F Mondale: Do you want...

Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family?...

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Gertrude Stein: It takes a...

Gertrude Stein: It takes a...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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Natalia Ginzburg: Children should be...

Natalia Ginzburg: Children should be...

Children should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to...

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Natalia Ginzburg: Today, as never...

Natalia Ginzburg: Today, as never...

Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster...

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William McFee: If fate means...

William McFee: If fate means...

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ernest J Gaines: Words mean nothing....

Ernest J Gaines: Words mean nothing....

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Source:...

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Ishmael Reed: No one says...

Ishmael Reed: No one says...

No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the six o'clock news,...

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Elias Canetti: The process of...

Elias Canetti: The process of...

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single...

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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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Elias Canetti: When you write...

Elias Canetti: When you write...

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard...

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Albert Schweitzer: An optimist is...

Albert Schweitzer: An optimist is...

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The...

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Albert Schweitzer: The purpose of...

Albert Schweitzer: The purpose of...

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.

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George Borrow: A losing trade,...

George Borrow: A losing trade,...

A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.

Source: Lavengro, Ch....

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Norman Schwarzkopf: It doesn't take...

Norman Schwarzkopf: It doesn't take...

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into...

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Anatole France: When a thing...

Anatole France: When a thing...

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

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Phillips Brooks: O little town...

Phillips Brooks: O little town...

O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go...

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