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Benedict Spinoza: If facts conflict...

Benedict Spinoza: If facts conflict...

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

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Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Source: Patterns of Culture,...

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Nora Ephron: With any child...

Nora Ephron: With any child...

With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the...

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Emma Goldman: No one has...

Emma Goldman: No one has...

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The...

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Roy Wilkins: The talk of...

Roy Wilkins: The talk of...

The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as...

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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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Cynthia Ozick: After a certain...

Cynthia Ozick: After a certain...

After a certain number of years our faces become our biographies. We get to be responsible for our...

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Luther Burbank: Nature's laws affirm...

Luther Burbank: Nature's laws affirm...

Nature's laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury,...

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Eugene Ionesco: Childhood is the...

Eugene Ionesco: Childhood is the...

Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly...

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Claude Bernard: It is what...

Claude Bernard: It is what...

It is what we think we know already that prevents us from learning.

Source: In The...

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Most of the...

Most of the...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no...

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Eugene Ionesco: It is not...

Eugene Ionesco: It is not...

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Source: In Pearls of...

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Laugh and the...

Laugh and the...

Laugh and the world laughs with you,
be prompt and you dine alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its...

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Lives that flash...

Lives that flash...

Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from...

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What is the...

What is the...

What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?

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Ruth Benedict: The trouble with...

Ruth Benedict: The trouble with...

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

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Jacob Bronowski: By the worldly...

Jacob Bronowski: By the worldly...

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make...

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Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.

Source:...

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You don't have...

You don't have...

You don't have to fool all the people all of the time; you just have to fool enough to get...

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If you are...

If you are...

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a...

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