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An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
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I have for myself no conceivable complaint to make, and yet for American literature in general, and its standing in a country… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
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Rich people don't have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still… — Sergio Troncoso Copy Share Image
The sheer diversity of literature in the Bible is one of the secrets of its continuing popularity through the centuries. There is… — John Drane Copy Share Image
The revealed and mystic literature of mankind bears ample testimony to the fact that religious experience has been too enduring and dominant… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Omit a few of the most abstruse sciences, and mankind's study of man occupies nearly the whole field of literature. The burden… — George Finlayson Copy Share Image
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[ Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher] introduced us to these authors early on and taught us that their literature is important. Langston… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It's not… — Yasmin Paige Copy Share Image
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You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
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