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Michel de Certeau: The media transforms...

Michel de Certeau: The media transforms...

The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: I'm very curious...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: I'm very curious...

I'm very curious to know what the hell they're saying on the phone, but I'd be more worried if they weren't...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: The challenge for...

Mary Jean LeTendre: The challenge for...

The challenge for the 21st century is to bring together parents, the early childhood community, and schools so that...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Fear is not...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Fear is not...

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Source: A...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: Opera, next to...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: Opera, next to...

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: A visual experience...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: A visual experience...

A visual experience is vitalizing. Whereas to write great poetry, to draw continuously on one's inner life, is not...

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William Pitt the Elder: Where laws end,...

William Pitt the Elder: Where laws end,...

Where laws end, tyranny begins.

Source: Speech, House of Lords, referring to the...

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John Ford: Whilst we strive...

John Ford: Whilst we strive...

Whilst we strive
To live most free, we're caught in our own toils.


Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: That is what...

Oscar Wilde: That is what...

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as...

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Rainer M Rilke: Fame is the...

Rainer M Rilke: Fame is the...

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

Source: In...

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Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a...

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M C Escher: My work is...

M C Escher: My work is...

My work is a game -- a very serious game.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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James Forten: It seems almost...

James Forten: It seems almost...

It seems almost incredible that the advocates of liberty should conceive of the idea of selling a fellow creature to...

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Deborah Tannen: We all know...

Deborah Tannen: We all know...

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of...

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Isaac Newton: A man may...

Isaac Newton: A man may...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false,...

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Niels Bohr: There are some...

Niels Bohr: There are some...

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

Source: In A Whack On...

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Addison Mizner: Misery loves company,...

Addison Mizner: Misery loves company,...

Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.

Source: In Webster's...

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LeCorbusier: A hundred times...

LeCorbusier: A hundred times...

A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and fifty times: It is a beautiful...

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Benjamin Banneker: [I]t is the...

Benjamin Banneker: [I]t is the...

[I]t is the indispensible duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the...

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John Burroughs: The secret of...

John Burroughs: The secret of...

The secret of happiness is something to do.

Source: In

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