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“Everything comes to the man who won't wait.”
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“... I lived in the midst of an affectionate charming family, and I am sure that there is no greater obstacle to a person who is just beginning to write.”
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“Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me glorious — friendship and learning.”
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“I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint. ... When the stakes are high enough and the risks obvious, we still turn to people who can be counted on to understand those risks and prepare for worst-case scenarios. A chief of state does not want to hear a general in the field say that he 'hopes' to win tomorrow's battle or that he's 'visualizing victory' ...”
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“... hell is the place where nothing ever stops and nothing ever changes, a far more alarming conception than the old-fashioned fire and brimstone.”
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“Even a fool can deceive a man — if he be a bigger fool than himself.”
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“There was an infinite cold passion in their flight, like the passion of the universe, a proud mystery never to be solved.”
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“Love, genuine love, makes people good.”