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perhaps these men in the House Caucus Room [Committee on Un-American Activities] are determined to spread silence: to frighten those voices which… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
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I brake for birds. I rock a lot of polka dots. I have touched glitter in the last 24 hours. I spend… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
He got out of bed and peeped through the blinds. To the east and opposite to him gardens and an apple-orchard lay,… — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
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Economic libertarians and Christian evangelicals, united by their common enemy, are strange bedfellows in today's Republican party, just as the two Georges… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
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To forge an untouchable, invulnerable identity is actually a sign of retreat from this world; of weakness, a sign of fear rather… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
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Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
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