Quote by John Cheever
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

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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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Perfection
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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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alone
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. – John Cheever

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Beauty
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There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things. – Suzanne Somers

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Its a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think its quite right that people can accuse actors and actresses of being dilettante, but you learn on every job, whatever it is, the process moves you on in some way, and yeah, I want to expand my knowledge of our existence, I suppose. – Miranda Richardson

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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem. – W. Edwards Deming

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Knowledge

Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will – are all gone. – Albert J. Nock

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Bear patiently with a rival. – Ovid

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When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didnt want to get braces, but my mom said I couldnt be an actor if I didnt get the braces. So, I got the braces. – James Franco

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So nevertheless, what Im saying is that what one is – ones parameters are constantly narrowed by ones success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure. – Jeremy Irons

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You change with the guys you date. – Jessica Simpson

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