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I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing... Not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer Picture Quote #1

The promotion from all-day picnics to a two weeks' camping-trip is like going from school to college Picture Quote #1

How often a man has cause to return thanks for the enthusiasms of his friends! They are the little fountains that run down from the hills to refresh the mental desert of the despondent Picture Quote #1

Let me but feel thy look's embrace, transparent, pure, and warm, and I'll not ask to touch thy face, or fold thee in mine arm. For in thine eyes a girl doth rise, arrayed in candid bliss, and draws me to her with a charm More close than any kiss Picture Quote #1

Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance Picture Quote #1

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause Picture Quote #1

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There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment. When a man is contented he goes to sleep. Voltaire had no chance to be contented, and so he wrote eternally and unceasingly, more than any other man in the history of the world Picture Quote #1

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape Picture Quote #1

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life Picture Quote #1

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long Picture Quote #1

The wretchedness of being rich is that you live with rich people. To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober Picture Quote #1

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government Picture Quote #1

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I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems Picture Quote #1

When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind oppresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress Picture Quote #1

If you allow momentary defeats to find shelter in your heart, you are allowing your most beautiful dreams to become homeless Picture Quote #1

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger Picture Quote #1

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good Picture Quote #1

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death Picture Quote #1

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The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater Picture Quote #1

Man has no body distinct from his soul; for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age Picture Quote #1

To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober Picture Quote #1

It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right Picture Quote #1

Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it Picture Quote #1

That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation Picture Quote #1

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Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to fragments Picture Quote #1

And there the lion's ruddy eyes shall flow with tears of gold, and pitying the tender cries, and walking round the fold, saying: wrath by his meekness, and by his health, sickness, is driven away from our immortal day Picture Quote #1

In too many modern churches there is no emphasis on theology at all. There is a kind of justification by works or by keeping up with modern trends - anything that will drag in a few more people Picture Quote #1

Faced by the bewilderment of my countrymen, by the disintegration of a government in thrall to the enemy, by the fact that the institutions of my country are incapable, at the moment, of functioning, I General de Gaulle, a French soldier and military leader, realize that I now speak for France Picture Quote #1

This life's dim windows of the soul distorts the heavens from pole to pole and leads you to believe a lie when you see with, not through, the eye Picture Quote #1

I do not really like vacations. I much prefer an occasional day off when I do not feel like working. When I am confronted with a whole week in which I have nothing to do but enjoy myself I do not know where to begin. To me, enjoyment comes fleetingly and unheralded; I cannot determinedly enjoy myself for a whole week at a time Picture Quote #1

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I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing... Not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer (L D Quotes) The promotion from all-day picnics to a two weeks' camping-trip is like going from school to college (L D Quotes) How often a man has cause to return thanks for the enthusiasms of his friends! They are the little fountains that run down from the hills to refresh the mental desert of the despondent (L D Quotes) Let me but feel thy look's embrace, transparent, pure, and warm, and I'll not ask to touch thy face, or fold thee in mine arm. For in thine eyes a girl doth rise, arrayed in candid bliss, and draws me to her with a charm More close than any kiss (L D Quotes) Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance (L D Quotes) Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause (L D Quotes) There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment. When a man is contented he goes to sleep. Voltaire had no chance to be contented, and so he wrote eternally and unceasingly, more than any other man in the history of the world (L D Quotes) The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape (L D Quotes) Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life (L D Quotes) As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long (L D Quotes) The wretchedness of being rich is that you live with rich people. To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober (L D Quotes) Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government (L D Quotes) I reject the notion that America is in a well-deserved decline, that she and her citizens are unexceptional. I do not believe America is the problem in the world. I believe America is the solution to the world's problems (L D Quotes) When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind oppresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress (L D Quotes) If you allow momentary defeats to find shelter in your heart, you are allowing your most beautiful dreams to become homeless (L D Quotes) Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger (L D Quotes) A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good (L D Quotes) 'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death (L D Quotes) The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater (L D Quotes) Man has no body distinct from his soul; for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age (L D Quotes) To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober (L D Quotes) It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right (L D Quotes) Growing old is not a gradual decline, but a series of drops, full of sorrow, from one ledge to another below it (L D Quotes) That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation (L D Quotes) Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to fragments (L D Quotes) And there the lion's ruddy eyes shall flow with tears of gold, and pitying the tender cries, and walking round the fold, saying: wrath by his meekness, and by his health, sickness, is driven away from our immortal day (L D Quotes) In too many modern churches there is no emphasis on theology at all. There is a kind of justification by works or by keeping up with modern trends - anything that will drag in a few more people (L D Quotes) Faced by the bewilderment of my countrymen, by the disintegration of a government in thrall to the enemy, by the fact that the institutions of my country are incapable, at the moment, of functioning, I General de Gaulle, a French soldier and military leader, realize that I now speak for France (L D Quotes) This life's dim windows of the soul distorts the heavens from pole to pole and leads you to believe a lie when you see with, not through, the eye (L D Quotes) I do not really like vacations. I much prefer an occasional day off when I do not feel like working. When I am confronted with a whole week in which I have nothing to do but enjoy myself I do not know where to begin. To me, enjoyment comes fleetingly and unheralded; I cannot determinedly enjoy myself for a whole week at a time (L D Quotes)

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