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This is an essential experience of any mystical realization. You die to your flesh and are born into your spirit. You identify… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
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I'm speaking of the character of human beings, not what they believe in. I'm speaking of those who won't accept a useless… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
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I was born in Mexico, I grew up in Mexico, and along the way, I learned to love Mexico. I think anyone… — Emiliano Salinas Copy Share Image
Some commentators have drawn such a stark and gloomy picture of the Weimar Republic's early difficulties that the Republic seems foredoomed to… — Mary Fulbrook Copy Share Image
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I am particularly conscious of my connection to the poets of the Harlem Renaissance because I, too, am a Black poet, born… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed… — Alexandre Dumas-fils Copy Share Image
Nobody becomes a writer overnight. Well, I'm sure somebody did, but that person's head probably went all asplodey from paroxysms of joy,… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
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In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
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I'm living in a dream. I really consider myself really lucky. I was born and raised in Guatemala, in a village, where… — Erick Chavarria Copy Share Image
What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born. [Lat., Quid… — Horace Copy Share Image
I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to my mom and… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
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Mom and I often talked about the trip we'd someday take together to the 'city of eternal spring' where she was born.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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