“The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.”
— James A. Baldwin
Author: James A. Baldwin
Category: knowledge
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“The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.”
— James A. Baldwin
Author: James A. Baldwin
Category: knowledge
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“We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.”
— Dora Russell
Author: Dora Russell
Category: wisdom
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“Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.”
— Bill Condon
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“All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.”
— Tony Scott
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“The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: marriage
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“Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.”
— Pierre Corneille
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Category: power
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“In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.”
— Mary McCarthy
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Category: science
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“Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.”
— Barack Obama
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Category: war
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“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.”
— George C. Marshall
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“Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.”
— Ho Chi Minh
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Category: women
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“Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.”
— Richard E. Byrd
Author: Richard E. Byrd
Category: strength
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