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Michel de Certeau: The only freedom...

Michel de Certeau: The only freedom...

The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system...

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Carl Linnaeus: Linnea.. . ....

Carl Linnaeus: Linnea.. . ....

Linnea.. . . A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space -- from Linnaeus...

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Ariel Durant: One of the...

Ariel Durant: One of the...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to...

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When I stand...

When I stand...

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and...

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Omar Bradley: This strategy would...

Omar Bradley: This strategy would...

This strategy would involve us in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

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The epic implications...

The epic implications...

The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with...

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If a book...

If a book...

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three...

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The ingenuities we...

The ingenuities we...

The ingenuities we practice in order to appear admirable to ourselves would suffice to invent the telephone twice over...

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Laurence J Peter: If at first...

Laurence J Peter: If at first...

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.

Source: In Friendly Advice, ed. Jon...

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Love as if...

Love as if...

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

Source:
-- Marge Piercy, (Mar...

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A good conversationalist...

A good conversationalist...

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to...

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Public speaking is...

Public speaking is...

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

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Etty Hillesum: Life cannot be...

Etty Hillesum: Life cannot be...

Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won't work, for life is...

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George S Patton: If you tell...

George S Patton: If you tell...

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Source: In The...

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Chaucer was a...

Chaucer was a...

Chaucer was a class traitor
Shakespeare hated the mob
Donne sold out a bit later
Sidney was a...

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I make it...

I make it...

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty...

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Edward Teller: The science of...

Edward Teller: The science of...

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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[Their] uniformity of...

[Their] uniformity of...

[Their] uniformity of appearance is frequently a triumph of modern science, thanks to which they can be equipped with...

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