“If they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?” — Jesus of Nazareth -- Book of Luke Copy Share Image
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“Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Like us, those vanished warriors planted their standards in the sands of their own self-summoned extinction.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
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“...all these things were part of the business of dreams. He had learned not to laugh at the advertisements offering to teach… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare queried 'if music be the food of love, play on'; Well, I say laughter is life's champagne cocktail and humourlessness its… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
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“Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I know the police cause you trouble They cause trouble everywhere But when you die and go to heaven You find no… — Woody Guthrie Copy Share Image
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“Here they were grocery shopping in Fairway on a Saturday morning, a normal married thing to do together— although, Graham could not… — Katherine Heiny Copy Share Image
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“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Or was he merely a mollycoddled favorite, enjoying capriciously prejudiced love? Schenback was inclined to believe the latter. Inborn in nearly every… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
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“If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Oh, those hateful sods will never make it to Heaven. They’re all on an express elevator to the gay spit-roast dungeon in… — Michael Logan Copy Share Image
“One problem with the division of labor in our complex economy is how it obscures the lines of connection, and therefore of… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
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“Remember it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.” — Apostle Paul -- Letter to the Romans Copy Share Image
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