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I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.: Leo Rosten (1908 - )
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A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.: Samuel McChord Crothers
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External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence.: Gordon Atkinson, Gospel Living in a Superficial World, 05-30-06
If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
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Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.: Adelle Davis (1904 - 1974)
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.: Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
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Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Always be a little kinder than necessary.: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.: Shakti Gawain
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We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.: Shana Alexander
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
We are the people our parents warned us about.: Jimmy Buffett
Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.: Henry James (1843 - 1916)
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But what is the difference between literature and journalism? ...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, 1891
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Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing.: Heather Armstrong, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.: Terry Pratchett