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William Proxmire: Power always has...

William Proxmire: Power always has...

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is...

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William Howard Taft: Well, I have...

William Howard Taft: Well, I have...

Well, I have one consolation, No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large...

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Theodore H White: A liberal is...

Theodore H White: A liberal is...

A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes...

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August Wilson: I found out...

August Wilson: I found out...

I found out life's hard but it ain't impossible.

Source: West, in Two Trains...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: Thou shalt not...

Arthur Hugh Clough: Thou shalt not...

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.


Source:...

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William Proxmire: The biggest danger...

William Proxmire: The biggest danger...

The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking and is...

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George Bernard Shaw: You see things;...

George Bernard Shaw: You see things;...

You see things; and say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?'

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Mao Tse-Tung: Revolution is not...

Mao Tse-Tung: Revolution is not...

Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced...

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Robert Stone: I start early...

Robert Stone: I start early...

I start early in the morning. I'm usually out in the woods with the dog as soon as it gets light; then I drink a whole...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: What was the...

Fannie Lou Hamer: What was the...

What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been...

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Anticipating that most...

Anticipating that most...

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its...

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Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the...

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Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

Catherine the Great: For to tempt...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied . . . whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter,...

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Catherine the Great: I shall be...

Catherine the Great: I shall be...

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

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Nelson Mandela: We must use...

Nelson Mandela: We must use...

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy,...

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

Charles Hamilton Houston: The American color...

The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and...

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The beauty of...

The beauty of...

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Source: On modern photojournalism; in...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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