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An extravagance is...

An extravagance is...

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

Source: In...

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Western women have...

Western women have...

Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material...

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Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I wasn't born. l was found.

Source: Belle Out of Order, Pt. 1, Ch. I,...

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Kate Millett: Many women do...

Kate Millett: Many women do...

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of...

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Emile Durkheim: One cannot long...

Emile Durkheim: One cannot long...

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain...

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Hannah Arendt: Under conditions of...

Hannah Arendt: Under conditions of...

Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.

Source: quoted...

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Michael Crichton: If true computer...

Michael Crichton: If true computer...

If true computer music were ever written, it would only be listened to by other computers.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Let a man...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Let a man...

Let a man in a garret but burn with enough tensity and he will set fire to the whole...

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George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Source:...

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Abraham Maslow: What a man...

Abraham Maslow: What a man...

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

Source: In The...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: A philosopher who...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A philosopher who...

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Uttering a word...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Uttering a word...

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

Source:...

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Paul Verlaine: And here is...

Paul Verlaine: And here is...

And here is my heart which beats only for you.

Source: Romances sans Paroles.
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Jean Rostand: Falsity cannot keep...

Jean Rostand: Falsity cannot keep...

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret...

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Niccolo Machiavelli: One change leaves...

Niccolo Machiavelli: One change leaves...

One change leaves the way open for the introduction of others.

Source: In The...

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Your success and...

Your success and...

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host...

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If, with the...

If, with the...

If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all assume that...

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Success can make...

Success can make...

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna -- or it can smooth the edges, take away the...

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To deny we...

To deny we...

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

Source: In...

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The hallmark of...

The hallmark of...

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

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