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Letter "M" » Mark Twain Quotes
«Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.»
«In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.»
«Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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About:
Illusion
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Keywords:
ceased,
exist,
gone,
have,
illusions,
live,
may,
Mays,
part,
part with,
still,
stilled,
stiller,
stillest,
stilling,
stills,
There exist,
they,
To Live,
with
«Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.»
«Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
creature,
has,
has a,
man,
mind,
nastier,
nastiest,
nasty,
only,
The Creatures
«A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
at a time,
coax,
coaxed,
down,
downed,
Down in It,
down the stairs,
Down Under,
Down With Me,
for the time being,
habit,
his times,
In These Times,
must,
musts,
Now is the Time,
of all time,
out,
outs,
Out of Time,
stair,
stairs,
step,
step up,
take down,
time,
Time After Time,
time out,
tossed,
tosses,
tossing,
toss in,
toss out,
Toss Up,
up the stairs,
well timed,
window
«Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.»
Author: Mark Twain
(
Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
apparently,
As It Happens,
happen,
Happened before,
nothing,
there,
there is,
There Is Nothing,
today
«A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.»
«Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.»
Author: Mark Twain
(
Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
always,
astonish,
by rights,
Do,
gratifies,
gratify,
people,
rest,
right,
righted,
righting,
right a,
some,
this,
will
«Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.»
Author: Mark Twain
(
Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
astonish,
Do,
Do the Right Thing,
gratifies,
gratify,
people,
rest,
right,
Right Thing,
some,
thing,
will