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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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Jacques Barzun: Music is intended...

Jacques Barzun: Music is intended...

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and...

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E L Doctorow: We dress them...

E L Doctorow: We dress them...

We dress them [children] in the presumptions of the world. They are the bright small face of hope. They are the last...

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Ralph Ellison: I'm not a...

Ralph Ellison: I'm not a...

I'm not a separatist. The imagination is integrative. That's how you make the new -- by putting something else with...

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Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but...

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Daniel Defoe: The best of...

Daniel Defoe: The best of...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.


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George Steiner: The ordinary man...

George Steiner: The ordinary man...

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts...

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George Steiner: Words that are...

George Steiner: Words that are...

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.

Source:...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are...

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Edith Hamilton: To be able...

Edith Hamilton: To be able...

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is being educated.

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Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Edith Hamilton: Theories that go...

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Source: The...

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Douglas MacArthur: The world is...

Douglas MacArthur: The world is...

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle -- the roar of the crowd on the one...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: To fight and...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: To fight and...

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Hence that general...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Hence that general...

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense...

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Siegfried Sassoon: His most rational...

Siegfried Sassoon: His most rational...

His most rational response to my attempts at drawing him out about literature and art was 'I adore italics, don't...

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T E Lawrence: All men dream:...

T E Lawrence: All men dream:...

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find...

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Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Pearl Buck: Self-expression must pass...

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Source: The...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung...

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Orison Swett Marden: If we put...

Orison Swett Marden: If we put...

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive...

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William Jennings Bryan: Anglo-Saxon civilization has...

William Jennings Bryan: Anglo-Saxon civilization has...

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to...

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