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Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Charles Evans Hughes: Publicity is a...

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public...

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Jacques Barzun: In any assembly...

Jacques Barzun: In any assembly...

In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: To be ignorant...

Amos Bronson Alcott: To be ignorant...

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

Source: In The...

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Byron R White: The 1st Amendment...

Byron R White: The 1st Amendment...

The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend.

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Noam Chomsky: Colourless green ideas...

Noam Chomsky: Colourless green ideas...

Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.

Source: Used by Chomsky to demonstrate that...

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Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

Lewis Carroll: The rule is,...

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam today.

Source: The...

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Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

Mark Twain: A monarch, when...

A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between...

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Mark Twain: Guides cannot master...

Mark Twain: Guides cannot master...

Guides cannot master the subtleties of the American joke.

Source: Innocents Abroad,...

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Mark Twain: What is there...

Mark Twain: What is there...

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which...

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Charles Dickens: Experientia does it...

Charles Dickens: Experientia does it...

Experientia does it - as papa used to say.

Source: (Mrs Micawber) David...

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Andre Malraux: Man is not...

Andre Malraux: Man is not...

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Source: Attributed.
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Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly...

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Nannie Burroughs: What we need...

Nannie Burroughs: What we need...

What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for...

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Gilbert Highet: The aim of...

Gilbert Highet: The aim of...

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: The extent of...

Addison Gayle, Jr: The extent of...

The extent of the cultural strangulation of Black literature by white critics has been the extent to which they have...

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Addison Gayle, Jr: Speaking honestly is...

Addison Gayle, Jr: Speaking honestly is...

Speaking honestly is a fundamental principle of today's black artist. He has given up the futile practice of speaking...

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bell hooks: Usually, when people...

bell hooks: Usually, when people...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the...

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Thomas Carlyle: The difference between...

Thomas Carlyle: The difference between...

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Human beings do...

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

Source: With a Daughter's Eye,...

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Carl Sagan: One of the...

Carl Sagan: One of the...

One of the greatest gifts adults can give -- to their offspring and to their society -- is to read to...

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