Edward Steichen

You know...that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum -- a canvas -- a piece of film -- or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something -- that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.

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Shana Alexander

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

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Peter McWilliams

To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation.

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Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It

How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions?

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Dan Quayle, 4/11/91 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)

The U.S. victory in Gulf war was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

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Henry Clay

In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.

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Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

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