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“The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the organizational ability of a Prussian field marshal, the insight into human relations of a Viennese psychologist, the discipline of a man who prints the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin, the exquisite sense of timing of an Olympic gymnast, and by the way, a natural instinct and flair for exceptional use of language.”
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“When you've cooked the marrow of the sun and moon, The pearl is so bright you don't worry about poverty.”
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“Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.”
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“A secret at home is like rocks under tide.”
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“The Great don't innovate, they fertilize seeds planted by lackeys, they leave to others the inhaling of the flowers whose roots they've manured. A deceptive memory may be the key to their originality.”
Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961–1972”, p.102, Open Road Media
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“A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.”
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“I want to start where language ends.”
Source : Interview with E. H. Gombrich, www.antonygormley.com. 1995. 
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“A good friend is one of the hardest things to keep in this life. Don't forget that sometimes you have to work at it.”
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“Real benefits come when managers begin to understand the profound difference between 'cost cutting' and 'eliminating the causes of costs'”
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“To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.”
