Quotes 781 till 800 of 1030.
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The post-war publish or perish tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.
Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) -
The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole.
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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
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The Prophet's words were true; The mouth of Ali is the golden door Of Wisdom. When his friends to Ali bore These words, he smiled and said: And should they ask The same until my dying day, the task Were easy; for the stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
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The reading or non-reading a book will never keep down a single petticoat.
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The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.
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The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
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The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslapping, and many other ways of winning friends.
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The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion.
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The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection...
Source: The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (1960) -
The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
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The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.
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The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.
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