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Revised and expanded to include over 1,200 quotations, The Military Quotation Book brings together the wisdom of fallen heroes and living politicians, honored statesman and rebellious writers--quoting official edicts as well as off-the-record remarks.
Among the most authoritative--and the most opinionated--are:
*General Douglas MacArthur--"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
*Winston Churchill--"Courage is rightly esteemed...
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The earliest form of the word "genius" referred to a person who powerfully influenced the character, conduct, or fortunes of another. Times have changed and with them the various connotations of the word "genius," but today we still look to the more enlightened members of our society to elevate the rest of us. True Genius is a compendium of 1,001 moving quotes from the world's geniuses of the past and present whose words will leave an indelible mark...
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Fulton Sheen was one of the greatest communicators to ever live. He is famous for reminding millions of television viewers each week that, "Life is worth living!" and was literally the face of Catholicism in the United States for forty years.
In this beautiful collection of inspiring quotes from Sheen's life and works, we are given a unique glimpse into the heart, mind, and soul of this incredible man. With each turn of the page, it is easy to see...
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QUOTABLE THOREAU -- An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotes from Henry David Thoreau -- author of Walden and 'Civil Disobedience' -- culled from his books, essays, letters and journals, a collection of gems of wit and wisdom from a great American writer, essayist, naturalist, environmentalist, transcendentalist, abolitionist and tax resister. Covering a wide variety of subjects, including Advice, Books, Castles in the Air, Clothes ("Beware of all enterprises...
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We live in a world of unlimited possibilities, but too often we get caught up in the day-to-day realities of life and the hustle and bustle of the world and lose sight of all that is possible.
We don't see most of the possibilities that cross our paths. We are too focused on a handful of possibilities that we think are the only ones available to us. So we limit our hearts, we limit our minds, and we limit our souls; and as a result, we limit our...
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Barack Obama: His Essential Wisdom invites readers to experience the powerful oratory of our forty-fourth president. Obama's skill at expressing deep empathy and thoughtful idealism made him a best-selling author at an early age. Speaking as a law professor, politician, and eventually the nation's first African American president, he continued to hone a view of America as a unique place where all races and classes could achieve equality.
These selections...
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
-Socrates
In our ever-busier world, where the demands of the moment keep us lurching from one task or crisis to the next, it can be difficult to take a moment and reflect on the most important things in life. The Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Thinkers helps us do just that.
Gathered in this collection are hundreds of memorable quotations collected from some of the greatest minds and most important...
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Jane Austen's novels are filled with wide-ranging commentary from all parts of life. Her sharp-witted and intelligent characters have provided us with memorable quotes time and time again.
Finally Austen's sense and sensibility has been compiled in one compact book. In Bite-Size Jane Austen we get her thoughts and words on society, men and women, the arts and writing, business and politics, England, family matters and on the human condition.
Bite-Size...
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Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend
Mark Twain...
On kindness: Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
On friends: Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
On growing old: Take any road you please...it curves always, which is a continual promise, whereas straight roads reveal everything at a glance and kill interest.
On truth and lies: many when they come to...
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Love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion on New York! This compact gift book is packed with more than 500 pithy comments, compliments, and criticisms about the city that never sleeps. It features short quotes from Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Robert Benchley, Helen Hayes, Lenny Bruce, Jane Jacobs, Fiorello La Guardia, and hundreds of others concerning skyscrapers, subways, Broadway, and other aspects of Big Apple life.
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In celebration of mental lapses and pure idiocy, here is a collection of stupid utterances, unintentional and otherwise, from the worlds of politics, radio, television, newspapers, show business, sports, and literature-and everywhere else people can, and have, put their feet in their mouths.
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Death is a Lovely Dame is a collection of all the best lines from the Golden Era of hardboiled crime fiction. It includes quotes from such great authors as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Jim Thompson, Gil, Brewer, Charles Willeford, Ross Macdonald, John D. MacDonald, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Jonathan Latimer, Mickey Spillane, Brett Halliday, Ellery Queen, W. R. Burnett, Paul Cain and Cornell Woolrich.
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Need something to chew on intellectually? This collection of over 1,900 quotes will provide you with an ample supply of food for thought. From the intelligence of Aristotle to the innocence of Cookie Monster and everything in between, these quotes will expand your wisdom and tickle your funny bone. This delicious "mind candy" will make you laugh, touch your heart, challenge your thinking, and make you wonder.
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Lyons Press
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2008.
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First Lyons Press edition.
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1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations
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"An amusing celebration of the grouchiness in life, featuring wittily downbeat sayings from famous grumps including P. J. O'Rourke, Dorothy Parker, Michael Moore, H. L. Mencken, Fran Lebowitz, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx, and W. C. Fields; pessimistic tales of doom and gloom; advice on ways to spot a naturally grumpy person; fascinating insights into the science of grumpiness; and quotations from literary and fictional gloom-mongers."--
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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2013
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1 online resource (360 p.)
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"This small, chunky volume presents the witty, wonderful, deadpan and droll insight of the Jewish culture. Chapters on Wisdom, Mitzvahs, Dybbuks, Proverbs, Jokes, Curses, Conventions, Mores (ethics), Love Marriage, Men Women, Children Family provide reflections gleaned from a wealth of ancient, traditional and modern sources. The range of wise observations on the ways of the world, snappy one-liners, stories and expressions captures the spirit of...
79) Mother's Love Is
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Red Wheel Weiser
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2009.
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1 online resource (80 pages)
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"Mina Parker has demonstrated her innate flair for unique and exquisite gift books with titles such as Mother Is a Verb, Her Inspiration, 100 Good Wishes for Baby,100 Sweet Nothings for Baby, Half Full, and Silver Linings. Well, she's done it again with this lovely homage to mothers everywhere. A wealth of inspiring quotes from quarters as diverse as African proverbs and Sophia Loren, Washington Irving and Erma Bombeck, Erica Jong, Oprah Winfrey,...
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Henry M. Piironen
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2012.
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1 online resource
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"Read them, love them, quote them, the often witty, the often cerebral, and sometimes even hilarious quotes of this book. Find the perpetual diamonds of wisdom and truth, while enjoying the rest."--
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