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  • Wyndham Lewis Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Ben Carson Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson Quite minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Walter Benjamin Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Samuel Butler Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • William Faulkner Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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  • Angela Carter Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Ralph Novak Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop.
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  • Ben Okri Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • C. T. Studd Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
    Chocolate Soldier, by C. T. Studd
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  • Thomas Arnold Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for.
    Thomas Arnold
    English educator and historian (1795 - 1842)
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  • Barbara Sher Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • Virginia Woolf Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Nathaniel Branden Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.
    Nathaniel Branden
    Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer (1930 - 2014)
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  • Jalal-Uddin Rumi Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; Go is the sun.
    Jalal-Uddin Rumi
    Persian poet (1207 - 1273)
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  • Bill Laswell Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
    Bill Laswell
    American bass guitarist (1955 - )
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  • Arthur Ashe Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
    Arthur Ashe
    Robert Ashe Jr (1943 - 1993)
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  • Barry Zito Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If it's Christianity, which is a very structured approach, or if it's something that's a little more open-ended... like, Zen's something you can make yourself a part of. You can interpret it for yourself, like Taoism and stuff like that.
    Barry Zito
    American baseball pitcher and musician (1978 - )
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  • Colette Dowling Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and forth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance of death.
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