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William Connor Magee
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
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Harold Bloom
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike-and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two-are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.
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Marita Bonner
She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.
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Lewis Thomas
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.
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David Frost
The television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
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Jewish Proverb
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
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Alexander Penney
The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
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Andrew Schneider
Death is the enemy. I spent 10 years of my life singlemindedly studying, practicing, fighting hand to hand in close quarters to defeat the enemy, to send him back bloodied and humble and I am not going to roll over and surrender.
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Benjamin Disraeli
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Zelda Fitzgerald, 1922
She was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do.
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English Proverb
Never fall out with your bread and butter.
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