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Imamu Amiri Baraka: A man is...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: A man is...

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

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Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought...

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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Source: Practising...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: O divine art...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: O divine art...

O divine art of sublety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can...

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Beth Henley: He started hating...

Beth Henley: He started hating...

He started hating me, cause I couldn't laugh at his jokes. I just started finding it impossible to laugh at his jokes...

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Gertrude Stein: Oh, I wish...

Gertrude Stein: Oh, I wish...

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

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I tell the...

I tell the...

I tell the honest truth in my paper, and I Ieave the consequences to God.

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Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

Elizabeth Montagu: I endeavor to...

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content when I cannot be mended and patient...

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Walter Benjamin: The power of...

Walter Benjamin: The power of...

The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. . . . Only the copied text thus commands...

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Peter De Vries: The rich aren't...

Peter De Vries: The rich aren't...

The rich aren't like us -- they pay less taxes.

Source: The Washington Post,...

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Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they...

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I have made...

I have made...

I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one.

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Don't knock the...

Don't knock the...

Don't knock the weather, nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a...

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Willie Shoemaker: When you're riding,...

Willie Shoemaker: When you're riding,...

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

Source: In...

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The principle of...

The principle of...

The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of...

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Montgomery Clift: If a man...

Montgomery Clift: If a man...

If a man don't go his own way, he's nothin.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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Gerald Ford: I'll know I'm...

Gerald Ford: I'll know I'm...

I'll know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer spectators.

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Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

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Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

Robert Penn Warren: The urge to...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch...

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