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"Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious."

"Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Self-Respect, Feeling, Self

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"I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly."

"I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

Relationship, Giving, Woman

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"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."

"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."

W. E. B. Du Bois, American Writer

Liberty, Repression

24

"When the owner of the pig arrived he found a scrawny and bloodcovered white boychild standing on what was left of his property sawing at it with a knife and hauling on the skin and cursing. The dirty half flayed pig looked like something recovered from a shallow grave."

"When the owner of the pig arrived he found a scrawny and bloodcovered white boychild standing on what was left of his property sawing at it with a knife and hauling on the skin and cursing. The dirty half flayed pig looked like something recovered from a shallow grave."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Conflict, Violence, Property, Loss

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"_____________________I'm lost for words."

"_____________________I'm lost for words."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Emotion, Lost, Word, Expression, Silence

24

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."

"Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself."

Rita Mae Brown, American Writer

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"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Humor, Time, Confusion, Routine

24

"Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it."

"Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Forgiveness, Faith

24

"And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked."

"And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Irony, Perfection, Illusion, Disgust, Sarcasm

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"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?"

"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?"

Bram Stoker, Irish Writer

World, Day, Evil, Midnight, Will

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"Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it."

"Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it."

Philip Pullman, British Writer

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"A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds."

"A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds."

David Horowitz, American Writer

Bias, America, Deeds, Intentions, Judges

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"Her cry was the saddest sound of orgasm that I had ever heard."

"Her cry was the saddest sound of orgasm that I had ever heard."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Sadness, Sound, Emotion, Pain

24

"Life is a memory, then it is nothing. All law is writ in a seed."

"Life is a memory, then it is nothing. All law is writ in a seed."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Life, Memory, Law, Existence

24

"One can acquire everything in solitude except character."

"One can acquire everything in solitude except character."

Stendhal, French Writer

Character, Solitude

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"The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet."

"The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet."

June Jordan, American Writer

Music, Time, Language, Obvious

23

"Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried."

"Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried."

Stuart Chase, American Writer

Christian, Christianity, Democracy

23

"Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie."

"Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie."

William Ellery Channing, American Writer

Activity, Reverie

23

"Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened."

"Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened."

Madame de Stael, French Writer

Power, Progress, Man, Necessity

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"Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it."

"Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"

"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"

Jane Austen, British Writer

Joy, Preparation, Happiness, Spontaneity

23

"Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it."

"Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it."

John Hersey, American Writer

History, Opportunity, Fiction, Journalism

23

"All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse."

"All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse."

Eric Linklater, British Writer

23

"The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how."

"The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how."

Ann Rule, American Writer

23

"The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer."

"The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer."

Joseph Wambaugh, American Writer

Career, Indifference, Police, Pretty

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"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Flying, Learning

23

"I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat."

"I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

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"We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate."

"We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate."

George William Russell, Irish Writer

Defeat, Fight, Hate, May

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"But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer."

"But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer."

Robert E. Howard, American Writer

Failure, First, Living, Man

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"The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring."

"The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring."

Frederik Pohl, American Writer

Life, Development, Day

23

"Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing."

"Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing."

Robert B. Parker, American Writer

Uncertainty, Credit, Foresight, Hell, Planning

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"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."

"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer

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"Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness."

"Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness."

Breyten Breytenbach, South African Writer

Critics, America, Enemy, Nothing, Present

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"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."

"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."

Madame de Stael, French Writer

Strength, Meditation, Prayer, Self

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"Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy."

"Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy."

Robert Tew, American Writer

Empowerment, Respect, Growth, Happiness, Freedom

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"I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?"

"I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?"

John Ruskin, English Writer

Enjoyment, Question, Right

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"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue."

"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue."

Izaak Walton, English Writer

Virtue, Company

23

"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Age, Temper, Tongue

23

"To hold a pen is to be at war."

"To hold a pen is to be at war."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values."

"I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values."

Jim Wallis, American Writer

Life, Values, Church, Public

23

"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

23

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Friendship, Love

23

"And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with God, in the solitary darkness of God, who is set above all things, shall surpass them all."

"And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with God, in the solitary darkness of God, who is set above all things, shall surpass them all."

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Writer

God, Darkness, Spirit, Unity

23

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."

Voltaire, French Writer

Truth, Living, Respect

23

"The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement."

"The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement."

Raymond Chandler, American Writer

Challenge, Effect, Leisure

23

"Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much."

"Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much."

Robert Greenleaf, American Writer

23

"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

Madame de Stael, French Writer

God, Enthusiasm, Sense, Word

23

"Broken people are so beautiful. They have to put themselves back together every day."

"Broken people are so beautiful. They have to put themselves back together every day."

Robert Tew, American Writer

Healing, Brokenness, Beauty, Resilience

23

"There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise."

"There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise."

Roger Ascham, English Writer

Learning, Praise, Will, Wit

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"Theology is the logic of the Devil."

"Theology is the logic of the Devil."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

Devil, Logic, Theology

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