Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. Use the word not as a means of denial or in antithesis, never as a means of evasion.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.
~ Lao Zi
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Spaghetti Jazz – Dhaka, Bangladesh
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The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.
~ William Faulkner
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The people is a political term, not to be confused with the public. From the people comes political support or opposition; from the public comes artistic appreciation or commercial patronage.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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The artist has a special task and duty: the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.
~ Lewis Mumford
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I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.
~ Confucius
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When people lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
~ Lao Zi
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Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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