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A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
Books - Reading
William Murray

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Prejudice
Edward R. Murrow

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Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
Truth
Edward R. Murrow

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How glorious it is -- and also how painful -- to be an exception.
Exception
Alfred De Musset

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Successful marriage is always a triangle: a man, a woman, and God.
Marriage
Cecil Myers

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Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
Genius
Vladimir Nabokov

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Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one.
Life and Living
Vladimir Nabokov

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Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
Writers and Writing
Vladimir Nabokov

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The tiny madman in his padded cell.
Babies
Vladimir Nabokov

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There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.
Aphorisms and Epigrams
Vladimir Nabokov

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You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.
Murder
Vladimir Nabokov

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Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers.
Ecology
Ralph Nader

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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
Pollution
Ralph Nader

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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
Democracy
Ralph Nader

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Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.
Leaders and Leadership
John Naisbitt

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We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society.
Change
John Naisbitt

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When you've got them by their wallets, their hearts and minds will follow.
Politicians and Politics
Fern Naito

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What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.
Preparation
Joe Namath

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You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
Winners and Winning
Joe Namath

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Success is like war and like charity in religion, it covers a multitude of sins.
Success
Sir Charles Napier

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Candy, is dandy, but Liquor, is quicker.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Ogden Nash

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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
Children
Ogden Nash

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Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
New Year
Ogden Nash

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If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.
Work
Ogden Nash

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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
Life and Living
Ogden Nash

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun