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Man Ray: An original is...

Man Ray: An original is...

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an original is motivated be necessity. . . It is...

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David Bailey: Everybody comes along...

David Bailey: Everybody comes along...

Everybody comes along at the right time. . . . Leonardo was lucky because he came along at the right time. Oscar Wilde...

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Norman Augustine: Motivation will almost...

Norman Augustine: Motivation will almost...

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

Source: Augustine's Laws/...

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G C Lichtenberg: Never undertake anything...

G C Lichtenberg: Never undertake anything...

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of...

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G C Lichtenberg: He was always...

G C Lichtenberg: He was always...

He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was...

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Henri Matisse: I don't paint...

Henri Matisse: I don't paint...

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

Source: In...

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Oliver Herford: There is always...

Oliver Herford: There is always...

There is always room at the top -- after the investigation.

Source: In The...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Before I put...

Before I put a brush to canvas, I question, Is this mine? . . . Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired...

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John Webster: When I go...

John Webster: When I go...

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst...

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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Jean Racine: Oh, I have...

Jean Racine: Oh, I have...

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him. (Ah! je l'ai trop aim? pour ne le point...

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Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the...

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Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Christopher Fry: What after all<br>Is...

Christopher Fry: What after all
Is...

What after all
Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.


Source: The...

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Pierre Corneille: Brave men are...

Pierre Corneille: Brave men are...

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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William Wycherley: Thy books should,...

William Wycherley: Thy books should,...

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be,
Yet such wherein men may thy judgment...

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Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

Harriet Monroe: [He] saw the...

[He] saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day.


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Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Naught venture naught have.

Source: October's Abstract.
-- Thomas Tusser, ( ...

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Nicolas Chamfort: People are governed...

Nicolas Chamfort: People are governed...

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

Source:...

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Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

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