Famous Quotations

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Quotations for All Occasions
by Catherine Frank. 252 pgs.

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On the most important occasions of our lives, we often find ourselves at a loss for words; when we want to console, celebrate, explain, inspire, or thank, we end up repeating such uninspiring, uninformative phrases as "Words cannot express how I feel." To help us find the right words, Catherine Frank has compiled this handy compendium of quotations that capture the mundane and the magnificent, the everyday and extraordinary moments of our lives. The three sections of the book cover 150 occasions. "Every Year" offers quotations on all the special dates in the calendar from New Year's Day to New Year's Eve, including Martin Luther King Day, Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. "Occasionally" presents quotations on such occasions as giving a speech, having an interview, becoming a parent, getting engaged, welcoming someone, and saying goodbye. "Once in a Lifetime" provides quotations on such momentous events as confirmation, coming out, turning 16, graduation, and retirement. A sampling: • Plato, John Donne, and Woody Allen give their words of wisdom on death. • Betty Ford writes eloquently on recovery. • Martina Navratilova ruminates on her first sexual encounter... and Holden Caufield on his. • Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and Frederick Douglass ponder Independence Day. • Amy Tan reflects on the meaning of the Chinese New Year. • Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Susan Sontag offer poignant descriptions of pain and illness. Whether you are offering consolation or congratulations, condolences or confessions, Quotations for All Occasions has the perfect words for every occasion.

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Introduction

Every Year

Occasionally

Once in a Lifetime

Index of Sources
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The Morrow Book of Quotations in American History
by Joseph R. Conlin. 348 pgs.

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Preface

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

X

Y

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A Grab Bag of Slogans And Catch Phrases

Index of Persons Quoted

Index of Subjects
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Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and the Illustrious Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome
by T. Corey Brennan, Thomas J. Figueira, Julia Heskel, Rachel Hall Sternberg. 241 pgs.

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Provides timeless business advice from brilliant strategists of old.

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Introduction

1: Leadership

2: Building and Losing Constituencies

3: Consulting and Decisionmaking

4: Strategy

5: Competition

6: Collegiality and Teamwork

7: Risk Taking

8: Recognizing Opportunity

9: Communication

10: Management-Employee Relations

11: Motivation

12: Hiring and Firing

13: Delegation

14: Handling Success and Coping with Mistakes

Significant Ancient Avthors and Historical Figures

Important Dates

Index
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Wisdom from the Robber Barons: Enduring Business Lessons from Rockefeller, Morgan, and the First Industrialists
by Frederick Dalzell, George David Smith. 137 pgs.

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At the turn of the last century, the men who dared to think big changed the business landscape forever -- and grew fabulously wealthy in the process. Today, as the forces of technological and social change are giving rise to a new breed of business pioneer, the insights of the first industrialists have never been more relevant or compelling. In this unique book, noted business historians George David Smith and Frederick Dalzell showcase the best writings and statements of America's legendary "robber barons" -- Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt, Ford, Carnegie, Armour, Du Pont, and others -- on such timeless topics as risk taking and innovation, growth strategies, workplace design, and leadership. Featuring lively commentary from Smith and Dalzell as well as period illustrations, Wisdom from the Robber Barons will capture the imagination of any business reader who aspires to make a mark on the world.

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Preface

Introduction: Why the Robber Barons Matter

1: Venturing

2: Competing

3: Managing

4: Leading

Chronology: Big Business, High Technology, and World Events, 1870-1929

Further Reading

Index
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Key Quotations in Sociology
by Kenneth Thompson. 208 pgs.

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This is an indispensable reference tool for all students and sociology enthusiaists. Quotations are extracted not only from the `Founding Fathers', but also more recent influential figures.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1: Key Concepts and Topics

Education

Family

Orientalism

Phenomenology

Urbanism

Part 2: Key Sociological Thinkers

LÉvi-Strauss, Claude (1908-)

Name Index

Subject Index
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The Quotable Shakespeare: A Topical Dictionary
by Charles Deloach. 544 pgs.

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Table of Contents

Foreword

How to Use This Book

The Quotable Shakespeare

Title Index

Character Index

Topical Index
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African American Quotations
by Richard Newman. 506 pgs.

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This extensive collection of African American quotations is the first of its kind to be organized by subject area for ease of reference. More than 2,500 quotations from over 500 individuals are included, taken from points in history ranging from early American settlement to the present. The sources for these expressions of freedom, hope, survival, and strength include such notable figures as George Washington Carver, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Jesse Jackson, Mary McLeod Bethune, James Baldwin, Oprah Winfrey, and Alice Walker.

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Foreword

Introduction

Quotations

Achievement

Adversity

Action

Action

African Continuity

Afrocentrism

Age

Alienation

Ambition

America

Ancestors

Anger

Answers

Antislavery

Art

Artists

Atonement

Authenticity

Awareness

Beauty of Blackness

Beauty of Blackness

Capitalism

Challenge

Change

Chaos

Character

Children

Christianity

Church

Church

Colonialism

Color

Community

Community

Community

Creativity

Culture

Dance

Daring

Death

Degradation

Declaration of Independence

Decisions

Defeat

Democracy

Desegregation

Despair

Destiny

Dignity

Discipline

Direction

Diversity

Dissent

Discrimination

Employment

Encouragement

Endurance

Entrepreneurship

Equality

Ethnicity

Evil

Expectations

Exploitation

Experience

Failure

Faith

Fear

Fightin6

Folk Sayings

Fourth of July

Folklore

Freedom

Friends

Future

Gays and Lesbians

Gender

Gender

Gender

Gender

Happiness

Harlem

Healing

Health

Heaven

Heaven

Heaven

Heaven

Heaven

Heaven

Humanism

Humanity

Humanity

Humanity

Humanity

Humanity

Jazz

Justice

Knowledge

Keeping On

Labor

Language

Living

Mental Slavery

Middle Passage

Militancy

Misery

Mind

Money

Mistakes

Music

Motown Sound

Multiculturalism

Names

Nationhood

Nonviolence

Opportunity

Peace

Perseverance

Pluralism

Poetry

Politics

Poets

Prejudice

Pride

Prison

Progress

Punishment

Purpose

Public Life

Purpose

Race Consciousness

Race Relations

Race Ride

Ragtime

Radicalism

Rap

Rape

Reading

Reading

Rebellion

Reconstruction

Relationships

Reform

Religion

Reparations

Resistance

Respect

Responsibility

Retribution

Revolution

Rights

Rock 'N' Roll

Role Models

Segregation

Schools

Satisfaction

Self-Acceptance

Self-Actualization

Self-Affirmation

Self-Confidence

Self-Expression

Self-Determination

Self-Definition

Self-Fulfillment

Self-Consciousness

Self-Hate

Self-Help

Self-Identity

Self-Knowledge

Self-Reflection

Self-Knowledge

Selfishness

Separation

Slavery

Solidarity

Soul

Strategy

Stress

Strength

Success

Suffering

Survival

Survival

Theater

Survival

Thinking

Truth

Trouble

Underground Railroad

Unity

Violence

Virtue

Vision

Voting

War

Words

Words to Live By

Youth

Indexes
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American Indian Quotations
by Howard J. Langer. 270 pgs.

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The first book of American Indian quotations, this volume offers 800 quotations covering more than four centuries of American life. The quotations include the words of warriors, poets, politicians, doctors, lawyers, athletes, and others. Arranged chronologically, they enable one to follow the history of American Indians since Columbus through the words of those who experienced centuries of physical and cultural despoilment. Showing the real people in the tragic story of Indian life, the book includes quotes about historic incidents, in addition to Indian views on education, values, ecology, family, and religion. There is humor as well as declarations of defiance, war, and bloodshed. The language is rich and colorful, always moving. The book provides brief biographical information on those quoted, who include both contemporary and historical figures. The material is cross-referenced with author, subject and key word, and tribal indexes. The work is a reference book, a history book, and a resource for speakers and educators.

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Copyright Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

American Indian Quotations

Anonymous Quotations, Prayers, and Proverbs

Indexes

Tribe Index

About the Editor
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The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs and Sayings
by Jon R. Stone. 394 pgs.

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Jon Stone presents a comprehensive treasury of classic Latin quotations, mottoes, proverbs, and maxims collected from the worlds of philosophy, rhetoric, politics, science, religion, literature, drama, poetics, and war.

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Preface

References and Sources

Pronunciation Guide

Latin Proverbs and Maxims

Latin Mottoes and Phrases

Familiar Latin Quotations

Abbreviations

Main Authors Cited

Selected English-Latin Index
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Quotemanship: The Use and Abuse of Quotations for Polemical and Other Purposes
by Paul F. Boller Jr. 454 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

From Inspirational To Polemical Quotes

2 Esteemed-Authority Quotes

3 Opposition-As-Authority Quotes

4 Awkward Quotes From the Past

5 Reversed-Opinion Quotes

6 Quotes for the Prosecution And for the Defense

Out-Of-Context Quotes

8 Spurious Quotes

9 Quotes And The Campaign of 1964

10 Quotes and Lbj

Index
11.

Brush Up Your History! Start Quoting It Now!, in History Today
by Mark Cohen, John Major. 2 pgs.

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