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John Calvin: Wherever we find...

John Calvin: Wherever we find...

Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the...

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Alcuin: Men can be...

Alcuin: Men can be...

Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step...

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Ernestine L Rose: Slavery and freedom...

Ernestine L Rose: Slavery and freedom...

Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.

Source: Speech, 14 May 14 1863, at a...

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Thomas Henry Huxley: Irrationally held truths...

Thomas Henry Huxley: Irrationally held truths...

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Source: In Isaac...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

Ellen Swallow Richards: The Faculty [of...

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as...

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George Washington Carver: We get closer...

George Washington Carver: We get closer...

We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know...

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Man Ray: I paint what...

Man Ray: I paint what...

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious...

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Joey Adams: Rockefeller once explained...

Joey Adams: Rockefeller once explained...

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike...

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Falsely conceived and...

Falsely conceived and...

Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed . . . crooked folklore and halfway opera.

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Polly Adler: The only difference...

Polly Adler: The only difference...

The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's...

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George Chapman: We inherit nothing...

George Chapman: We inherit nothing...

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

Source: In...

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Stanislaw Lec: Do not turn...

Stanislaw Lec: Do not turn...

Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only.

Source: In...

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Robert Louis Stevenson: When a torrent...

Robert Louis Stevenson: When a torrent...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the...

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Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

Georges Clemenceau: When a man...

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action.

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Lorraine Hansberry: One cannot live...

Lorraine Hansberry: One cannot live...

One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the...

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Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Source: Interviews with...

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P D James: What the detective...

P D James: What the detective...

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

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Salman Rushdie: If you want...

Salman Rushdie: If you want...

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language....

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Marquis de Sade: The more defects...

Marquis de Sade: The more defects...

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his...

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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