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Pearl Buck: I don't wait...

Pearl Buck: I don't wait...

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to...

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Pearl Buck: The young do...

Pearl Buck: The young do...

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after...

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Lewis Carroll: What I tell...

Lewis Carroll: What I tell...

What I tell you three times is true.

Source: The Hunting of the Snark.
-- Lewis...

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Edgar Watson Howe: No man would...

Edgar Watson Howe: No man would...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

Source: In...

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J B S Haldane: Science is vastly...

J B S Haldane: Science is vastly...

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than are the classics.

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Pliny the Elder: The brain is...

Pliny the Elder: The brain is...

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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John Lubbock: Our ambition should...

John Lubbock: Our ambition should...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and ...

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Hannah Arendt: There are no...

Hannah Arendt: There are no...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Source: In The New...

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Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Hannah Arendt: Only the mob...

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by...

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Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Naomi Weisstein: Except for their...

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women. [U]ntil social...

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Harry A Blackmun: If one's in...

Harry A Blackmun: If one's in...

If one's in the doghouse with the Chief, he gets the crud. He gets the tax cases and some of the Indian cases, which I...

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William O Douglas: Common sense often...

William O Douglas: Common sense often...

Common sense often makes good law.

Source: In court ruling, 25 Mar 1957.
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Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public...

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Jacques Barzun: The piano is...

Jacques Barzun: The piano is...

The piano is the social instrument par excellence. . . . drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the...

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Marita Bonner: You can, when...

Marita Bonner: You can, when...

You can, when Time is ripe, swope to your feet -- at your full height -- at a single gesture. Ready to go where? Why ....

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Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Mary Ritter Beard: Woman's success in...

Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts -- who merely hunted and...

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Byron R White: The 1st Amendment...

Byron R White: The 1st Amendment...

The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.

Source:...

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Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all...

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Noam Chomsky: Unlimited economic growth...

Noam Chomsky: Unlimited economic growth...

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that...

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Van Wyck Brooks: The creative impulses...

Van Wyck Brooks: The creative impulses...

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

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