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  • J. Swartz Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.
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  • Victor Hugo Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • James Baldwin Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Erich Fromm Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Elizabeth Hardwick Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.
    Elizabeth Hardwick
    American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (1916 - 2007)
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  • John Ruskin Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • J. S. Habgood Movements born in hatred very quickly take on the characteristics of the thing they oppose.
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  • William Penn Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Octave Mirbeau Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.
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  • Alexander Scriabin My 10th Sonata is a sonata of insects. Insects are born from the sun... they are the sun's kisses.
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  • Bob Balaban My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Bob Balaban My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative.
    Bob Balaban
    American actor, author and producer (1945 - )
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  • Bode Miller My daughter's name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born. The mother is a good friend of mine who I was seeing a while ago. We are no longer together.
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Bitsie Tulloch My family came over from Spain about nine generations ago. I was born in San Diego, but by the time I was four days old, I was on a flight back to Spain because that's where my family was living at the time.
    Bitsie Tulloch
    American actress
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  • William S. Gilbert My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
    William S. Gilbert
    English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836 - 1911)
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  • Beyonce Knowles My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like 'Destiny's Child's', so it was only natural for us to do a clothing line. I was adamant about not putting my name on something that I didn't love.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Robert Bresson My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
    Robert Bresson
    French film director (1901 - 1999)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh My own experience is that everybody is born with a certain talent, and unless he lives that talent to its fullest, something in him will remain missing. He will go on feeling that somehow something is not there that should be.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Bob Beamon My participation in the Art of the Olympians is a natural extension of my athletic career. I find creating a piece of art in many respects mirrors my long jumping efforts illustrating that hard work and inspiration will always be the foundation for success.
    Bob Beamon
    American track and field athlete (1946 - )
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