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Any attempt to...

Any attempt to...

Any attempt to reform the university without attending to the system of which it is an integral part is like trying to...

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The sea does...

The sea does...

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open,...

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It is no...

It is no...

It is no virtue to bear calamities if we do not feel them.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Oh, never mind...

Oh, never mind...

Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times...

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Rosiness is not...

Rosiness is not...

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

Source:...

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As soon as...

As soon as...

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then...

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My characters never...

My characters never...

My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's...

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and...

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The master of...

The master of...

The master of a single trade can support a family. The master of seven trades cannot support himself. The wind is...

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Talent is full...

Talent is full...

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

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The human species,...

The human species,...

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the men who...

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[Blue jeans are]...

[Blue jeans are]...

[Blue jeans are] the most beautiful things since the gondola.

Source: In NY Times,...

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Original thought is...

Original thought is...

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly...

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Remember that as...

Remember that as...

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is...

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God made man,...

God made man,...

God made man, and then said I can do better than that and made woman.

Source:...

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The instinct to...

The instinct to...

The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.

Source: In...

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I would rather...

I would rather...

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his...

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Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a...

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour...

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Crude classifications and...

Crude classifications and...

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.

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Americans are optimists....

Americans are optimists....

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday -- and they're positive they can get one more brushful...

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