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When I was a worker I busied myself with socialist or, if you like, marxist literature. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I can only speak for myself. But what I write and how I write is done in order to save my own… — Barbara Christian Copy Share Image
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[Shirat ha-Yam ] is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, pieces of Biblical literature that we possess. It is much… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
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The message of guidance that neither politics nor philosophy nor religion now seems able to provide, we look for in modern literature. — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
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I read, I think, I play, I work. And all that thinkingand playing and reading comes into my art. I couldn't really… — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
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In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel.… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
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