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> [“They can take our homes, our possessions. Our families. Our lives. They can drive us out, like they’ve driven us out before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/they-can-take-our-homes-our-possessions-our-families-our-lives-they/)

[Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/)

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> [I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-know-perfectly-well-that-no-musician-can-make-his-thoughts-or-his/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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> [If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-the-colleges-were-better-if-they-had-the-power-of-imparting/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“You are a bit like that painting, Minnow. Remember how lovingly and carefully formed you are. Your thoughts, your talents, your memories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-marcos/you-are-a-bit-like-that-painting-minnow-remember-how-lovingly-and/)

[Michelle Marcos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-marcos/)

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