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“Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them.”

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Carl Zuckmayer was a German writer born on December 27, 1896, and died on January 18, 1977. His works are known for their profound social insight and unique literary style. more

“An amoeba is a formless thing which takes many shapes. It moves by thrusting out an arm, and flowing into the arm. It multiplies by pulling itself in two, without permanently diminishing the original. So with words. A meaning may develop on the periphery of the body of meanings associated with a word, and shortly this tentacle-meaning has grown to such proportions that it dwarfs all other meanings.”

May Two Body Moving Language Arms Shapes Originals Proportion Pulling Dwarfs Periphery Tentacles Amoeba

Author:Charlton Laird

“Mom also hinted a couple of times that it was good I was going to college, since with one failed marriage behind me, I 'd have trouble landing a good husband and would need something to fall back on. "A package that's been opened once doesn't have the same appeal".”

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Book:Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

Source: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

“High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre.”

People Majors Weakness Mediocre Achiever

Book:The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

Source: The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

“The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps him catch and fleece his victims. The old plea of despotism, that liberty is unsafe, reappears now in the mistaken notion that competition is hostile to labor.”

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Book:The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood

Source: The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood

“If Elmore Leonard met Jim Thompson down a dark alley at midnight they might emerge a week later with thick beards, bloodshot eyes and the manuscript for THE BIG O.”

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Author:Eoin Colfer

“i love girls under pressure but wouldn't recommend it to people who are under 10. i read it at the age of nine but my sister told me the bit u should never do. all in all, i loved this book and any jacqueline wilson fans over 10 i would recommend it to!”

People Should Book Age Girl Bits Fans Pressure Nine My Sister Wilson Under Pressure

Author:Jacqueline Wilson

“He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.”

Knows Simple Knowledge Teach Fool Knowledge And Wisdom Shunning

Book:The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton

Source: The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton

“Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?”

Doe Providence Cant

Book:Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel

Source: Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel

“I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.”

Thinking Waiting

Book:The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

Source: The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

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