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The concept that really gets the goat of the gay-hater, the idea that really spins their melon and sickens their stomachs is… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both,… — John Donne Copy Share Image
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She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I am simultaneously and contradictorily both happy and unhappy: 'to succeed' or 'to fail' have for me only ephemeral, contingent meanings (this… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
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I didn't go to college. I got tired of it. I didn't want to take ballroom dance taught by a former drill… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
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![“It is cheering to note that [Martin] Luther (1524) did not see why schools should not be fun as well: "Now since the young must leap and jump, or have something to do, because they have a natural desire for it which should not be restrained (for it is not well to check them in everything) why…” quote by Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/martin-luther-106_checks_it-is-cheering-to-note-that-martin-luthe_717820.jpg)
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