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  • Confucius The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, ''I shall today be uppermost.''
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Audre Lorde The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The black goddess within each of us - the poet - whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Black Kettle The white people can go wherever they please and they will not be disturbed by us, and I want you to let them know.
    Source: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970)
    Black Kettle
    Native Indian Cheyenne chief (1803 - 1868)
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  • Charles Dickens The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Atom Egoyan The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge The whole history of Israel, its ritual and its government, is explicable only as it is typical of the spiritual Israel, of the sacrifice on Calvary, of the precious blood which alone can wash away sin.
    Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Ali Smith The whole point is, we can forget. It’s important that we forget some things. Otherwise we’d go round the world carrying a hodload of stuff we just don’t need.
    Ali Smith
    Scottish author, playwright and journalist (1962 - )
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  • Brendan Gleeson The whole point of film for me is that it's such a joy. It's such a wonder. The possibilities are literally endless in terms of what you can creatively do.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Aaron Copland The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
    Aaron Copland
    American composer and writer (1900 - 1990)
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  • Joyce Cary The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.
    Joyce Cary
    Irish novelist (1888 - 1957)
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  • James Allen The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • John Pierpont Morgan The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
    John Pierpont Morgan
    American banker, financer, art collector (1837 - 1913)
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  • Jack Handey The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.
    Jack Handey
     
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  • Georges Bernanos The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • Amelia Earhart The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Margaret Drabble The women are always vixens or monsters. They can't just be normal people in the book.
    Margaret Drabble
    English novelist, biographer, and critic (1939 - )
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  • Blu Cantrell The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
    Blu Cantrell
     
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  • Henry Miller The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Carl Sagan The words question and quest are cognates. Only through inquiry can we discover truth.
    Source: Brocas Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science (1979)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Adrienne Rich The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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