In all honesty I think, sometimes with the LGBT community, if you look at anything else surrounding it, there's always been this… — Radical Face Copy Share Image
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My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
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Once he could read and write he would have a mind fit to rule. So ran the democratic doctrine. But instead of… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
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“Twofold misjudgement. - The misfortune suffered by clear-minded and easily understood writers is that they are taken for shallow and thus little… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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Self-trust is so important. When you launch on a story, make your neck loose, feel free, good-natured. And be lazy. Feel that… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
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Place yourself in the background; write in a way that comes naturally; work from a suitable design; write with nouns and verbs;… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
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