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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.

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Thurgood Marshall: A child born...

Thurgood Marshall: A child born...

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi . . . has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to...

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Harry A Blackmun: I hope you...

Harry A Blackmun: I hope you...

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility....

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Harry A Blackmun: Who is to...

Harry A Blackmun: Who is to...

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are...

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Thomas C Haliburton: Nicknames stick to...

Thomas C Haliburton: Nicknames stick to...

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.

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Van Wyck Brooks: Those of our...

Van Wyck Brooks: Those of our...

Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social...

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J B S Haldane: While I do...

J B S Haldane: While I do...

While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that...

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Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just have hope or starve to death.

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Robert Penn Warren: What is a...

Robert Penn Warren: What is a...

What is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding? It is the deepest part of...

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Mark Twain: A man cannot...

Mark Twain: A man cannot...

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: I cannot see...

Mark Twain: I cannot see...

I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- except he purposely shut...

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Daniel Defoe: Vice came in...

Daniel Defoe: Vice came in...

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

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Max Eastman: The defining function...

Max Eastman: The defining function...

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

Source: In Correct...

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George Orwell: Who controls the...

George Orwell: Who controls the...

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

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Mark Twain: Why was the...

Mark Twain: Why was the...

Why was the human race created? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit...

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Wilkie Collins: I am not...

Wilkie Collins: I am not...

I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.

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Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

Ken Kesey: I'd rather be...

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Source: In The Electric Kool-Aid...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Neither intelligence nor...

Neither intelligence nor judgment are creative. If a sculptor is nothing but science and intelligence his hands will...

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Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Aldous Huxley: Genius is a...

Aldous Huxley: Genius is a...

Genius is a child up to the age of ten.

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-- Aldous Huxley, (Jul 26...

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