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My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There is only one way by which the nations can be brought into unity and into peace and into brotherhood. This is… — Melvin J. Ballard Copy Share Image
I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts,… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
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I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
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I don't have any regrets, really, except that one. I wanted to write about you, about us, really. Do you know what… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
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If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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He educated Maurice, or rather his spirit educated Maurice's spirit, for they themselves became equal. Neither thought "Am I led; am I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
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The American Petroleum Institute filed suit against the EPA [and] charged that the agency was suppressing a scientific study for fear it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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