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I illustrate with a quotation from the atheist philosopher Richard Rorty, who died recently and is, I suspect, now having a lengthy… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
Is the professor who insists we read Ernest Hemingway again instead of Gertrude Stein "obsessing"? Because although I did a BA in… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
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As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of war also… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
I would go to newsstands and buy paperbacks they were selling for tourists, usually bestsellers and mass market paperbacks. In the beginning,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
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I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Professor Agassiz, that whenever a new and startling fact is brought to… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
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Such is the grasping tendency of the human heart, that it must have a something to lay hold of—and which, if wrested… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
The professor leaned forward. “But there’s nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.” Her lovely face turned fierce. “Think about… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty… — Charles Macklin Copy Share Image
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Why must we always talk about race anyway? Can't we just be human beings? And Professor Hunk replied - that is exactly… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
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In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
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The venerable emeritus professors still at Yale when I entered graduate school [in the 1960s] may have been reserved, puritanical WASPs, but… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
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