If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

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A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is...

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is...

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner...

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner...

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it

Art is science made clear.

Art is science made clear.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people...

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people...

God help those who do not help themselves.

God help those who do not help themselves.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he...

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he...

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to...

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to...

I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the...

I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the...

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are...

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are...

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

You sparkle with larceny.

You sparkle with larceny.