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Every child was...

Every child was...

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil. As he grew...

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Mary Astell: There is not...

Mary Astell: There is not...

There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Source: Quoted in...

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Now the whole...

Now the whole...

Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring,...

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Charles V: Name me an...

Charles V: Name me an...

Name me an Emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Source: Alleged remark, 23...

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Sheer madness is,...

Sheer madness is,...

Sheer madness is, of course, the highest possible brow in humor.

Source: In The...

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In a very...

In a very...

In a very real sense, the writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the...

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Carter G Woodson: We need workers,...

Carter G Woodson: We need workers,...

We need workers, not leaders. Such workers will solve the problems which race leaders talk...

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Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

Margot Asquith: The capacity to...

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

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Sigh'd and look'd...

Sigh'd and look'd...

Sigh'd and look'd unutterable things.

Source: The Seasons. Summer. Line 1188.
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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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Willie Mays: Maybe I was...

Willie Mays: Maybe I was...

Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.

Source: In Sporting News, 25 Jul...

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Omar Bradley: Our technology has...

Omar Bradley: Our technology has...

Our technology has already outstripped our ability to control it.

Source: In The...

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Talent is what...

Talent is what...

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

Source: In Webster's...

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Nathan Huggins: Death mattered not...

Nathan Huggins: Death mattered not...

Death mattered not -- It was a mere puncutation

Source: Black Odyssey, 1977
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Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

Source:...

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Talent is like...

Talent is like...

Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep...

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If you can't...

If you can't...

If you can't bear to have your face stepped on, don't try to climb the ladder of success.

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All of childhood's...

All of childhood's...

All of childhood's unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey...

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The will to...

The will to...

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass...

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Black women have...

Black women have...

Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the...

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