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  • Frank Lloyd Wright A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    American architect (1867 - 1959)
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  • Lord Melbourne A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
    Lord Melbourne
    British Statesman, Prime Minister (1779 - 1848)
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  • Simone Weil A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Anne Enright A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking.
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    Anne Enright
    Irish writer (1962 - )
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  • Brendan I. Koerner A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Elbert Hubbard A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • B. F. Skinner A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Arthur Bloch A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.
    Arthur Bloch
    American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books (1948 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bill Cosby A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Carl Reiner A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Jean Rostand A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Anton Chekhov A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Susan Sontag A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Samuel Johnson A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • William Blake A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Thomas Fuller A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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