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  • Antonio Porchia The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.
    Antonio Porchia
    Argentinian poet (1885 - 1968)
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  • Caleb Deschanel The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
    Caleb Deschanel
    American cinematographer and director (1944 - )
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  • Josiah Gilbert Holland The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.
    Josiah Gilbert Holland
    American Author (1819 - 1881)
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  • Agnes E. Meyer The churches... have lost much of their authority over youth because they have refused to re-examine their religious sanctions and their dogmatic preaching in the light of modern physiology, psychology and sociology.
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  • Lewis Mumford The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.
    Lewis Mumford
    American social philosopher (1895 - 1990)
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  • Barbara Jordan The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Stephen Leacock The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Bernard Bailyn The classics of the ancient world are everywhere in the literature of the Revolution, but they are everywhere illustrative, not determinative, of thought.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. II, SOURCES AND TRADITIONS, p. 26
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Agnes Repplier The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
    Agnes Repplier
    American writer and social criticus (1855 - 1950)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman The clergy [in the 14th century] on the whole were probably no more lecherous or greedy or untrustworthy than other men, but because they were supposed to be better or nearer to God than other men, their failings attracted more attention.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Beck The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
    Beck
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1970 - )
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  • Brit Hume The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib.
    Brit Hume
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Ben Cardin The Clinton Foundation has been able to help millions of people - over 10 million with HIV/AIDS alone - saved countless lives. It's extremely important to global health. They've done some really great things.
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  • Billy Boyd The club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend.
    Billy Boyd
    Scottish actor and musician (1968 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Wayne Dyer The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Ivan Illich The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.
    Ivan Illich
    Austrian-American theologist, writer (1926 - 2002)
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  • Joseph Conrad The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Jean Paul The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Campbell Brown The consequences of substandard teaching go far beyond whether college or a good job is in reach. They affect earning potential, with implications throughout a person's life.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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