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Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but..."
Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville
But this practice [vegetarianism], in which youthful love of austerity finds charm, calls for attentions more complicated than those of culinary refinement itself; and it separates us too much from the common run of men in a function which is nearly always public, and in which either friendship or formality presides. Marguerite Yourcenar
Malcolm Forbes quote: "Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will"
Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will Malcolm Forbes
It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll just wait for the next version to come out- something more "user friendly. Doug Coupland
If you write, good ideas must come welling up into you so that you have something to write. If good ideas do not come at once, or for a long time, do not be troubled at all. Wait for them. Put down little ideas no matter how insignificant they are. But do not feel, any more, guilty about idleness and solitude. Brenda Ueland
Dave Eggers quote: "Then he got more books. He saved all the books."
Then he got more books. He saved all the books. Dave Eggers
when i am telling it, it doesn't seem as if it was only made up. it seems more real than you are-more real than the school room. i feel as if i were all the people in the story-one after the other. it's queer." -sara Frances Hodgson Burnett
I shall never more know the sweet homage given to beauty, youth and grace - for never to any else shall I seem to possess these charms. Charlotte Bronte
There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. Charlie Kaufman
Charles de Lint quote: "There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . ...."
There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get Charles de Lint
Mike Murdock quote: "You imagination is more important than your knowledge."
You imagination is more important than your knowledge. Mike Murdock
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the Presidents together. We are still too near to his greatness,' (Leo) Tolstoy (in 1908) concluded, 'but after a few centuries more our posterity will find him considerably bigger than we do. His genius is still too strong and powerful for the common understanding, just as the sun is too hot when its light beams... Doris Kearns Goodwin
And travellers, now, within that valley, Through the red-litten windows see Vast forms, that move fantastically To a discordant melody, While, like a ghastly rapid river, Through the pale door A hideous throng rush out forever And laugh? but smile no more. Edgar Allan Poe
I referred albums to the more modern eight tracks. Albums came with sleeves which reminded me of clean underwear. Plus, the pictures were bigger, making it easier to see each follicle of Tony Orlando's shiny arm hair. Augusten Burroughs
If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you. Oscar Wilde

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