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William O Douglas: At the constitutional...

William O Douglas: At the constitutional...

At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies...

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Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

Christa McAuliffe: I have a...

I have a box of papers at home of [my own press coverage]. When I'm sixty, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and...

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Barbara De Angelis: What allows us,...

Barbara De Angelis: What allows us,...

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and...

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Amos Bronson Alcott: The true teacher...

Amos Bronson Alcott: The true teacher...

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their...

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Salman Rushdie: The only privilege...

Salman Rushdie: The only privilege...

The only privilege literature deserves -- and this privilege it requires in order to exist -- is the privilege of...

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Wilkie Collins: This is the...

Wilkie Collins: This is the...

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

Guillaume Apollinaire: To insist on...

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.

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Richard Bach: The best way...

Richard Bach: The best way...

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Source: The Bridge Across...

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Richard Bach: Not being known...

Richard Bach: Not being known...

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Source: From BilLee's...

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Charles V: Name me an...

Charles V: Name me an...

Name me an Emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

Source: Alleged remark, 23...

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Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: Opera, next to...

Kenneth MacKenzie Clark: Opera, next to...

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen...

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Mark Hopkins: Religion without morality...

Mark Hopkins: Religion without morality...

Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is...

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Nannie Burroughs: To struggle and...

Nannie Burroughs: To struggle and...

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: I want to...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: I want to...

I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular time, but...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The act of...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr: The act of...

The act of writing for the slave constituted the act of creating a public, historical self, not only the self of the...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

May those whose holy task it is,
To guide impulsive youth,
Fail not to cherish in their souls
A reverence for...

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Warren Bennis: Ineffective leaders often...

Warren Bennis: Ineffective leaders often...

Ineffective leaders often act on the advice and counsel of the last person they talked to.

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Robert Hayden: [My poetry is]...

Robert Hayden: [My poetry is]...

[My poetry is] a way of coming to grips with reality . . . a way of discovery and definition. It is a way of solving...

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William Stanley Braithwaite: I am glad...

William Stanley Braithwaite: I am glad...

I am glad daylong for the gift of song,
For time and change and sorrow;
For the sunset wings and the world-end...

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Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Ruth Benedict: Culture is not...

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Source: Patterns of Culture,...

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