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I have chosen for my emblem a Star, representing the Virgin Mary, and the Eucharist. Those who know me as a professor… — Nicolas Cotugno Copy Share Image
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Our modern lifestyle is not a political creation. Before 1700, everybody was poor as hell. Life was short and brutish. It wasn't… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Gardeners celebrate the influence of time. If we have had a late cold spring followed by a desiccating drought, autumn may be… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
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And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts.… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
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Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
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O poor, unthinking human heart! Error will not go away, logic and reason are slow to penetrate.We cling with both arms to… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Percy Jackson," Hermes said, "because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Focusing totally on technique, you lose the essence and power of simplicity... The other extreme is just as bad; you see it… — George L. Carlson Copy Share Image
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Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving like the… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
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Young women don't want to be called feminists because it's not sexy and ah they think that their mothers and grandmothers have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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And were in the middle of a perfect storm. These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
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what are you looking for? There is no Truth. There's only action, action obeying a million different impulses, ephemeral action, action subjected… — Blaise Cendrars Copy Share Image
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