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John Oliver Killens: Integration begins the...

John Oliver Killens: Integration begins the...

Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.

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Rudolph Fisher: He's from 'way...

Rudolph Fisher: He's from 'way...

He's from 'way down behind the sun an' ripe f' the pluckin'.

Source: City of...

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Sinclair Lewis: When audiences come...

Sinclair Lewis: When audiences come...

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than...

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Rose Tremain: There is something...

Rose Tremain: There is something...

There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except...

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Marguerite Duras: The best way...

Marguerite Duras: The best way...

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Source: Practicalities, Wasting Time,...

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John Mortimer: I think I'm...

John Mortimer: I think I'm...

I think I'm thoroughly in favour of Mrs. Thatcher's visit to the Falklands. I find a bit of hesitation, though, about...

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Ben Hecht: A man who...

Ben Hecht: A man who...

A man who shows me his wealth is like a begger who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms -- the rich...

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James Agee: You must be...

James Agee: You must be...

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

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George Meredith: Not till the...

George Meredith: Not till the...

Not till the fire is dying in the grate,
Look we for any kinship with the stars.
Oh, wisdom never comes when it...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

The mighty are brought low by many a thing
Too small to name. Beneath the daisy's disk
Lies hid the pebble for...

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Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything,...

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Max Eastman: I don't know...

Max Eastman: I don't know...

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest...

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Louis L'Amour: I'm like a...

Louis L'Amour: I'm like a...

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing...

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Mary Webb: It made me...

Mary Webb: It made me...

It made me gladsome to be getting some education, it being like a big window opening.

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Hermann Hesse: There's no reality...

Hermann Hesse: There's no reality...

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images...

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James Michener: The really great...

James Michener: The really great...

The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and...

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Chinua Achebe: Stories serve the...

Chinua Achebe: Stories serve the...

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made...

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Emily Bronte: I've dreamt in...

Emily Bronte: I've dreamt in...

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and...

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Toni Morrison: We die. That...

Toni Morrison: We die. That...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our...

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Amy Tan: How can you...

Amy Tan: How can you...

How can you say luck and chance are the same thing? Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes...

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