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The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to dea

The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another. – John Cheever

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All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

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I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever

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A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbeys gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. – John Cheever

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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Every time, all the time, Im a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose. – Chris Evert

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As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. – Dante Alighieri

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