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The Church became...

The Church became...

The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk.

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A journalist is...

A journalist is...

A journalist is basically a chronicler, not an interpreter of events. Where else in society do you have the license to...

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I think it's...

I think it's...

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It...

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I believe in...

I believe in...

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Source: In...

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Never assume the...

Never assume the...

Never assume the obvious is true.

Source: Sleeper Spy.
-- William Safire, (Dec...

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What is it...

What is it...

What is it that makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan or...

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The closer the...

The closer the...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

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The talent of...

The talent of...

The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an...

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An idea isn't...

An idea isn't...

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

Source: In New York...

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You can keep...

You can keep...

You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a...

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To succeed, one...

To succeed, one...

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

Source: In Interview, Crisis, Jan...

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Freedom is always...

Freedom is always...

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing...

Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing...

Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the...

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Some women can...

Some women can...

Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be...

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Life with Mary...

Life with Mary...

Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, you got it in...

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The average, healthy,...

The average, healthy,...

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain...

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Most people, no...

Most people, no...

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application...

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Life cannot subsist...

Life cannot subsist...

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Source:
-- Samuel...

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The work of...

The work of...

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstration for...

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I have drunk...

I have drunk...

I have drunk deep of the waters of my ancestors.

Source: Malcolm X -- An...

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