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

Quote by Wilson Mizner

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Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the...

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the...

When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from...

When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from...

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.

I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education

I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

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.

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

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...

Art is science made clear.

Art is science made clear.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork

The first hundred years are the hardest.

The first hundred years are the hardest.

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...

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...

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...

The worst tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong

The worst tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong

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...

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right,...

The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right,...

To become successful is to recognize every tiny step towards success and then take more...

To become successful is to recognize every tiny step towards success and then take more...