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Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Frederick Douglass: Those who profess...

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation are men who want rain without thunder and...

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William Faulkner: People need trouble...

William Faulkner: People need trouble...

People need trouble -- a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to...

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Louisa May Alcott: Talent isn't genius...

Louisa May Alcott: Talent isn't genius...

Talent isn't genius and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace...

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Jane Austen: If it was...

Jane Austen: If it was...

'If it was not for the entail I should not mind it.' `What should not you mind?' `I should not mind anything at all.'...

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James Allen: Our life is...

James Allen: Our life is...

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people,...

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James Allen: Above all be...

James Allen: Above all be...

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to...

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Aldous Huxley: An unexciting truth...

Aldous Huxley: An unexciting truth...

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Source: The Perennial...

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Aldous Huxley: Thanks to words,...

Aldous Huxley: Thanks to words,...

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of...

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Charles Morgan: Happiness, like a...

Charles Morgan: Happiness, like a...

Happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Patrick White: Well, good luck...

Patrick White: Well, good luck...

Well, good luck to you, kid! I'm going to write the Great Australian Novel.

Source:...

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Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

I have often noticed that a bribe . . . has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives...

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Aldous Huxley: Habit converts luxurious...

Aldous Huxley: Habit converts luxurious...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Source: In...

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Anthony Burgess: The trouble began...

Anthony Burgess: The trouble began...

The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six...

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Charles Dickens: An idea, like...

Charles Dickens: An idea, like...

An idea, like a ghost . . . must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

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Charles Dickens: Change begets change....

Charles Dickens: Change begets change....

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, ch....

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Frank Norris: [The Muse of...

Frank Norris: [The Muse of...

[The Muse of our Fiction of the future] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight into a World...

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Vicki Baum: You don't get...

Vicki Baum: You don't get...

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

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Joyce Cary: The will is...

Joyce Cary: The will is...

The will is never free --it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car -- it can't...

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Emily Bronte: A good heart...

Emily Bronte: A good heart...

A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad. . . and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than...

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