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Mary Steichen Calderone: Before the child...

Mary Steichen Calderone: Before the child...

Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will...

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Alan Bennett: I was an...

Alan Bennett: I was an...

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Source:...

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Johann Casper Lavater: He alone is...

Johann Casper Lavater: He alone is...

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed.

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Far from having...

Far from having...

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: He cannot be...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: He cannot be...

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

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Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

Mary Steichen Calderone: I don't want...

I don't want to control anybody's mind or anybody's heart -- I just want to help free people from the concert of sex...

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Sojourner Truth: If the first...

Sojourner Truth: If the first...

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be...

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Immanuel Kant: Out of timber...

Immanuel Kant: Out of timber...

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be...

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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James Thurber: He knows all...

James Thurber: He knows all...

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.

Source: In Webster's...

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Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Emile M Cioran: Alone, even doing...

Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself...

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Eric Gill: Without philosophy man...

Eric Gill: Without philosophy man...

Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.

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Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Source: The Little Foxes, 1939.
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Dick Gregory: You know why...

Dick Gregory: You know why...

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to...

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John D Rockefeller, Jr: I had no...

John D Rockefeller, Jr: I had no...

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: He who wishes...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: He who wishes...

He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a brief gesture, a gesture...

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Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

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Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Fanny Crosby: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world, contented I will be.
How...

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