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Quotes 1621 till 1640 of 15856.

  • Anthony Trollope An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • V.S. Naipaul An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
    The Writer and the World (2012) 225
    V.S. Naipaul
    Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer (1932 - 2018)
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  • Boris Becker An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez An early-rising man... a good spouse but a bad husband.
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Colombian writer (1927 - 2014)
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  • T. S. Eliot An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Constance Rourke An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten.
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  • Thomas Traherne An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
    Thomas Traherne
    British Clergyman, Poet, Mystic (1636 - 1674)
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  • Eric Hoffer An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Albert Einstein An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Edwin P. Whipple An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.
    Edwin P. Whipple
    American essay writer (1819 - 1886)
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  • Elbert Hubbard An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • James Patterson An executive is a man who decides; sometimes he decides right, but always he decides.
    James Patterson
    American writer (1932 - 1972)
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  • C. S. Lewis An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold An honor is not diminished for being shared.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Bret Harte An hour ago, a Star was falling. A star? There's nothing strange in that. No, nothing; but above the thicket, Somehow it seemed to me that God Somewhere had just relieved a picket.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Albert Einstein An hour sitting with a pretty girl passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour. That's relativity.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Brent Scowcroft An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Don Marquis An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Amy Hempel An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
    (2008)
    Amy Hempel
    American short story writer and journalist (1951 - )
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  • Arnold H. Glasgow An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
    Arnold H. Glasgow
    American editor and businessman (Born as Arnold Henry Glasow) (1905 - 1998)
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