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Eric Temple Bell: Any impatient student...

Eric Temple Bell: Any impatient student...

Any impatient student of mathematics or science or engineering who is irked by having algebraic symbolism thrust upon...

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Robert Townsend: Is what I'm...

Robert Townsend: Is what I'm...

Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective?

Source: In ...

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W E B Du Bois: The problem of...

W E B Du Bois: The problem of...

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.

Source: In...

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Those who have...

Those who have...

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is...

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The real 1960s...

The real 1960s...

The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963 ... It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some...

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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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Abba Eban: Better to be...

Abba Eban: Better to be...

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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As they marched,...

As they marched,...

As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Zora Neale Hurston: Research is formalized...

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

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If but a...

If but a...

If but a few live coals are found in a mountain of ashes, no one should be disappointed. Genius is a rare quality in...

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Unaware of the...

Unaware of the...

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which...

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G C Lichtenberg: I am always...

G C Lichtenberg: I am always...

I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven...

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Yousuf Karsh: I have found...

Yousuf Karsh: I have found...

I have found that great people do have in common ... an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also...

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Robert Louis Stevenson: To travel hopefully...

Robert Louis Stevenson: To travel hopefully...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.

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Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun. We might not land on the sun, but at least we would...

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A J P Taylor: He was what...

A J P Taylor: He was what...

He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those...

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Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

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For truth there...

For truth there...

For truth there is no deadline.

Source: In Saturday Review, 13 Feb 1954.
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Jack Dempsey: Tell him he...

Jack Dempsey: Tell him he...

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

Source: On a...

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Sholom Aleichem: Life is a...

Sholom Aleichem: Life is a...

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the...

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