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Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The Christian tradition...

The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The family is...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The family is...

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new...

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Carl Sagan: We live at...

Carl Sagan: We live at...

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are...

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Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries...

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Henry David Thoreau: I know of...

Henry David Thoreau: I know of...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious...

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Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Source: In...

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Italo Calvino: What Romantic terminology...

Italo Calvino: What Romantic terminology...

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road...

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Stanislaw Lec: In a war...

Stanislaw Lec: In a war...

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Buchan: Civilization is a...

John Buchan: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a conspiracy. . . . Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up...

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Shirley Temple Black: Dr. Kissinger was...

Shirley Temple Black: Dr. Kissinger was...

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

Source: In The Last Word -...

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Joey Adams: The difference between...

Joey Adams: The difference between...

The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must...

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James McNeill Whistler: You shouldn't say...

James McNeill Whistler: You shouldn't say...

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly...

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Richard Buckminster Fuller: I just invent,...

Richard Buckminster Fuller: I just invent,...

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

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Neil Armstrong: I believe every...

Neil Armstrong: I believe every...

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of...

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Radio wasn't outside...

Radio wasn't outside...

Radio wasn't outside our lives. It coincided with and helped to shape our childhood and adolescence. As we slogged...

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[His acting] remains...

[His acting] remains...

[His acting] remains forever fixed in a time that never dates.

Source: On Cary...

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Some folks can...

Some folks can...

Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.

Source: In...

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The election is...

The election is...

The election is not very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.

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ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To...

ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To...

ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of...

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Stated clearly enough,...

Stated clearly enough,...

Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.

Source: In Collection of...

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