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"People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics."

"People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics."

Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian Author

161

"More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago."

"More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

People, Goodness, Information, Internet

161

"I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing."

"I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing."

Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander Author

Friendship, Comfort, Nothing, Privilege

160

"Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work."

"Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work."

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author

Work, Debt, Literature, Merit

160

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue."

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Humor, First, Gifts, Tongue

160

"Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there is something there to be claimed."

"Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there is something there to be claimed."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Hope, Children, State

160

"The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity."

"The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Despised, American, Poverty, Simplicity

158

"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood."

"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Woman, Women, Civilization, Blood, Morals

156

"I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not."

"I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Time, People, Office, Questions

155

"Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money."

"Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Money, People, America, Americans

155

"I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been."

"I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been."

Margaret Mahy, New Zealander Author

Life, People, Land, May

155

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Discovery, Eyes

155

"Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships."

"Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Relationship, People, Entertainment, Machines, Relationships

155

"Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."

"Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."

Miguel Angel Ruiz, Mexican Author

Change, Circumstance, Regret, Self

154

"That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity."

"That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Power, Duty, Office

153

"I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles."

"I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Dream, Dreams, People, Growingup, Obstacles

153

"One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index."

"One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index."

Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Author

Books, English, Want

152

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

"You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results."

Mike Hawkins, American Author

Action, Actions, Results

152

"It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?"

"It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?"

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author

Life, Time, Feet, First

151

"There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it."

"There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it."

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author

Being, Coffee, Nothing

150

"Personal Branding is the combination of one's skills and talents to produce value for people that creates an impression, a perception and reputation in the mind of others."

"Personal Branding is the combination of one's skills and talents to produce value for people that creates an impression, a perception and reputation in the mind of others."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Business, Branding, Skill, Values, Reputation

150

"You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing."

"You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing."

Marie Stopes, Scottish Author

Beauty, Soul, Credit, Will

149

"The nature of rumor is known to all."

"The nature of rumor is known to all."

Tertullian, Roman Author

148

"It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis."

"It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis."

Arthur Machen, Welsh Author

Dream, Dreams, Direction, May, Nonsense

147

"Your initiatives should be purposeful. Never climb a tree with the purpose of plucking a fruit, only to come down with a leaf."

"Your initiatives should be purposeful. Never climb a tree with the purpose of plucking a fruit, only to come down with a leaf."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Leadership, Purpose, Initiative, Wisdom, Motivation

147

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Motivational, Success

147

"My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor."

"My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

147

"Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality."

"Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Writing, American, Cinema, Intention, Nothing

147

"The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life."

"The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life."

Abraham Cahan, Lithuanian Author

Faith, Life, Religious, Woman

147

"He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's."

"He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

147

"They had always told me that I wrote like a man."

"They had always told me that I wrote like a man."

Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian Author

147

"Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy."

"Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Friendship, Policy, Friends, Nations

147

"I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind."

"I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Being, Country, Future, Wind

147

"Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve."

"Your strategy for success must constantly move, change, and evolve."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Strategy, Change, Success, Evolution

146

"Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life."

"Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

146

"The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe."

"The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Family, Connection, Nothing

146

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

Tony Robbins, American Author

Success, Time, People, Will

146

"What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now."

"What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer's life with the writing. I think that's something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Life, Now, Promotion, Public

145

"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams."

"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Dream, Dreams, Cinema, Reality

145

"A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul."

"A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul."

Mika Waltari, Finnish Author

Peace, Soul, Decision, Man

145

"Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets."

"Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets."

Paul Tournier, Swiss Author

Criticism, Lonely, Nothing, Secrets

145

"People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help."

"People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Family, People, Help

143

"But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!"

"But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!"

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Friendship, Friend, Trials

142

"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning."

"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Name, Deed, Meaning, Names, Religious

142

"As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment."

"As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Presence, Moment, Stillness, Time

142

"In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of."

"In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

People, Idea, Iraq, Occupation

141

"Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne."

"Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne."

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author

Science, History, Determination, Language

141

"Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger."

"Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger."

Abraham Cahan, Lithuanian Author

Humility, Anger, Control

141

"There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange."

"There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

141

"Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be."

"Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be."

Ruth Park, New Zealander Author

Passion, Writing, Newzealander

140

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