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Quote by John Cheever
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choo

Wisdom 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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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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If I have enough ego to say Im a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work. – Peter Fonda

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It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system. – Talcott Parsons

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We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. – Charles Caleb Colton

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A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. – Peter Drucker

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The human spirit sublimates
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Its not my job to try and alter the directors style – hes in charge, and Ill always give him my trust. – Ewan McGregor

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Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. – W. Somerset Maugham

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When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter. – Francis Bacon, "Of Cunning," Essays

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