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But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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Swift blazing flag of the regiment,Eagle with crest of red and gold,These men were born to drill and die.Point for them the… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
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God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite, to separate himself to the Lord,… — Moses Copy Share Image
A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn't drop and for once our gangly starting center boxes out… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
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Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here again we witness the single outcome of a worldwide process, with East and West yielding the same results, and once again… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
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