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Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only...

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The great composer...

The great composer...

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is...

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Louise Erdrich: For a short...

Louise Erdrich: For a short...

For a short while, our mothers bodies are the boundaries and personal geography which are all that we know of the...

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Marcel Proust: We do not...

Marcel Proust: We do not...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

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Harriet Tubman: I looked at...

Harriet Tubman: I looked at...

I looked at my hands, to see if I was de same person now I was free. Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun...

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Alexander Fleming: I have been...

Alexander Fleming: I have been...

I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice...

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A pat on...

A pat on...

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in...

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One cannot make...

One cannot make...

One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already...

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Snow and adolescence...

Snow and adolescence...

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.

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Harriet Tubman: On my underground...

Harriet Tubman: On my underground...

On my underground railroad I never ran my train off the track. And I never lost a...

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Jesse Jackson: When God rang...

Jesse Jackson: When God rang...

When God rang the bell that ended the fight, the world cried out for one more round.

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Isaac Newton: Every body continues...

Isaac Newton: Every body continues...

Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right [straight] line, unless it is compelled to...

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John Dalberg Acton: To be able...

John Dalberg Acton: To be able...

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

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Emile M Cioran: No one recovers...

Emile M Cioran: No one recovers...

No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.

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If a woman...

If a woman...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's...

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Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

Tammy Faye Bakker: You don't have...

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.

Source: In Newsweek, 8 Jun...

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May Sarton: Anyone who is...

May Sarton: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.

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Wit, n. --...

Wit, n. --...

Wit, n. -- The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it...

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Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the...

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Larry Holmes: There is no...

Larry Holmes: There is no...

There is no quit in me.

Source: Before his defeat to Mike Tyson, Jan 1988.
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