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Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the...

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Gertrude Stein: What is the...

Gertrude Stein: What is the...

What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?

Source: Her...

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Jean Paul Richter: In later life,...

Jean Paul Richter: In later life,...

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by...

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James Michener: It heartens me...

James Michener: It heartens me...

It heartens me to think of Verdi who composed thundering operas in his eighties; Michelangelo who did fine work in his...

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Douglas Adams: Human beings, who...

Douglas Adams: Human beings, who...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable...

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Douglas Adams: I love deadlines....

Douglas Adams: I love deadlines....

I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

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Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high...

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Horace Walpole: In all science...

Horace Walpole: In all science...

In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

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Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus...

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Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Source: On Life, 1887.
-- Leo...

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Anthony Hope: He is very...

Anthony Hope: He is very...

He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for...

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Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

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John Mortimer: The shelf life...

John Mortimer: The shelf life...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

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George Meredith: The man of...

George Meredith: The man of...

The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong.

Source: In Isaac Asimov's...

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Ayn Rand: Money demands that...

Ayn Rand: Money demands that...

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their...

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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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Maxine Hong Kingston: I learned to...

Maxine Hong Kingston: I learned to...

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for...

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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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Ernest J Gaines: We wait till...

Ernest J Gaines: We wait till...

We wait till now? Now, when we're old men, we get to be brave?

Source: A Gathering...

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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