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"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

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"Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition."

"Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition."

Florida Scott-Maxwell, American Writer

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"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."

"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason."

John Harington, English Writer

Reason, Treason

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"I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages."

"I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

Travel, Chicago, Desire

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"Politics have no relation to morals."

"Politics have no relation to morals."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Politics, Morals

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"You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out."

"You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

Genius, Thought, Heart, May

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"I feel that everyone has a right to be insane."

"I feel that everyone has a right to be insane."

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American Writer

Individuality, Right

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"Their silence is praise enough."

"Their silence is praise enough."

Terence, Roman Writer

Praise, Silence

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"Friends are God's apology for relations."

"Friends are God's apology for relations."

Hugh Kingsmill, British Writer

Friendship, God, Apology, Friends

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"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows."

Ralph Marston, American Writer

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"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Strength, Growth, Effort, Struggle

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"True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it."

"True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it."

Larry McMurtry, American Writer

Family, Father, Girlfriends, Man, Maturity

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"I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear."

"I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

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"One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."

"One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."

W. E. B. Du Bois, American Writer

Strength, Thoughts, Being

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"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue."

"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Money, Society, Virtue

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"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking."

"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Morality, Conscience, Voice

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"The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth."

"The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth."

Ella Maillart, Swiss Writer

Power, Time, Dying, Earth

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"Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change."

"Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change."

Andrew Cohen, American Writer

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"When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person that walked in. That's what the storm is all about."

"When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person that walked in. That's what the storm is all about."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Spiritual, God, Faith, Truth, Life

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"Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one."

"Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

Science, Fiction, Invention, Novelty

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"Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country."

"Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Home, Country, Sight

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"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly."

"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Friendship, Friends, Praise

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"It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around."

"It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around."

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian Writer

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"Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love."

"Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Love, Women, Kindness

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"If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart."

"If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do."

"Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do."

John Le Carre, English Writer

Balance, Childhood, Writers

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"Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on."

"Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Moderation, Man, Woman

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"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Happiness, Achievement, Values, Consciousness

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"I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated."

"I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated."

Poul Anderson, American Writer

Complicated, Right

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"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."

"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Knowledge, Beginning, Discovery

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"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

"The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Life, Purpose, Community, Meaning

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"This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs."

"This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs."

L. Neil Smith, American Writer

13

"As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind."

"As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind."

Isabelle Holland, Swiss Writer

Mind, Space, Will

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"Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering."

"Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Communication, Listening, Suffering

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"There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt."

"There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Religion, Contempt, Country

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"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone."

"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Opportunity, Chance, Environment, Help

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"I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something."

"I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."

"Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."

Garrison Keillor, American Writer

Man, Men, Women, Children

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"Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency."

"Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency."

Raymond Chandler, American Writer

Intelligence, Advertising, Chess, Waste

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"I loathe it when they [English teachers] are bullied by no-nothing parents or cowardly school boards."

"I loathe it when they [English teachers] are bullied by no-nothing parents or cowardly school boards."

Pat Conroy, American Writer

Philosophy, When, Loathe, They

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"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."

"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer

Soul, Control, Chance, Destiny

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"To light a candle is to cast a shadow."

"To light a candle is to cast a shadow."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Existence, Light, Shadow

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"Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes."

"Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Reality, Truth, Perception, Denial

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"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish."

"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish."

John Ruskin, English Writer

13

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

Voltaire, French Writer

13

"You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere."

"You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Love, Negative, Positive, Want

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"The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman."

"The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman."

Candace Bushnell, American Writer

Lifestyle, Jungle, Now, Right, Woman

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"My body gets weak without truth."

"My body gets weak without truth."

Andrei Platonov, Russian Writer

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"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."

"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."

Andre Maurois, French Writer

Marriage, Conversation

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"In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way."

"In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way."

June Jordan, American Writer

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