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Hilaire Belloc
When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.
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Jean Sibelius
Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic
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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
My new millionaire idea is one regular shoe and one 'swollen' shoe, for when you get bit by a rattlesnake.
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W. Somerset Maugham
It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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Publilius Syrus
Necessity knows no law.
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R. A. Salvatore, Sojourn
Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.
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Neville Chamberlain
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a programme would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.
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Walter Lippmann
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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Robert A. Heinlein
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vainthen have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system
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Hasidic Saying
The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.
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S. O\'Brien
Great writing is a submission to a creative force that seems to use the writer as an instrument. The writer finds that the words stream out, almost as if someone else were producing them. Writing becomes a process of discovery.
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Agatha Christie
Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.
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