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  • James Baldwin The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Frederic Raphael The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit; their texts may conflict, but their bigotries coincide. Both insist on being the sole custodians of the true word and its only interpreters.
    Frederic Raphael
    American screenwriter, biographer and writer (1931 - )
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • François Fénelon The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips.
    François Fénelon
    French writer and archbishop (1651 - 1715)
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  • John Berger The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
    John Berger
    English art critic, novelist, painter and poet (1926 - 2017)
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  • Emily Dickinson The past is not a package one can lay away.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Confucius The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The person I miss most is the one I could have been.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Dale Carnegie The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Og Mandino The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
    Og Mandino
    American author (1923 - 1996)
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  • Cecil B. DeMille The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
    Cecil B. DeMille
    American filmmaker (1881 - 1959)
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  • Publilius Syrus The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • B. C. Forbes The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Benigno Aquino III The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bob Edwards The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The pictures are perfect. If you're showing pictures, different things in that picture can distract from the spoken word.
    Bob Edwards
    American broadcast journalist
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  • Bertrand Russell The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
    Why I Am Not a Christian
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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