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Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second...

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John Mortimer: When you get...

John Mortimer: When you get...

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the...

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John Sterling: Emotion turning back...

John Sterling: Emotion turning back...

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of...

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Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

Toni Morrison: I wrote my...

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

Source:
-- Toni Morrison,...

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Clive Barker: To you who...

Clive Barker: To you who...

To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!

Source: In The...

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Alex Haley: In the bush,...

Alex Haley: In the bush,...

In the bush, trust no one you don't know.'

Source: Roots, 1977.
-- Alex Haley,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Without some goal...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Without some goal...

Without some goal and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Source: In...

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Charles Horton Cooley: To have no...

Charles Horton Cooley: To have no...

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine,...

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Christiaan Barnard: If the poor...

Christiaan Barnard: If the poor...

If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might...

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Edward F Halifax: Nothing would more...

Edward F Halifax: Nothing would more...

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

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Harold Wilson: The labour party...

Harold Wilson: The labour party...

The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too...

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Harold Wilson: He who rejects...

Harold Wilson: He who rejects...

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the...

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Pericles: Fishes live in...

Pericles: Fishes live in...

Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

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William E Gladstone: Be happy with...

William E Gladstone: Be happy with...

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for...

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Henry Fielding: There is perhaps...

Henry Fielding: There is perhaps...

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we...

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William Makepeace Thackeray: The most engaging...

William Makepeace Thackeray: The most engaging...

The most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things...

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Anzia Yezierska: In America, money...

Anzia Yezierska: In America, money...

In America, money takes the place of God.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: There; how d'ye...

There; how d'ye like that, eh? A liberal education in twelve volumes, with an index.

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John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

John Steinbeck: In utter loneliness...

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

Source: In diary...

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Lawrence Durrell: Our inventions mirror...

Lawrence Durrell: Our inventions mirror...

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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