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To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I… — William S. Burroughs
I suppose that it was inevitable that my word-base broadened. I could now for the first time pick up a book and read and now… — Alex Haley
I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked â€œgoodâ€. Do you know what I mean? That nice… — Stephen Chbosky
Who claims Truth, Truth abandons. History is hir'd, or coerc'd, only in Interests that must ever prove base. She is too innocent, to be left… — Thomas Pynchon
Recipe For Greatness - To bear up under loss; To fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief; To be victor over anger;… — Zane Grey
But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was… — Arundhati Roy
Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a zoo, a farm… — Temple Grandin
Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And… — William Shakespeare
I was like you once, long time ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. But I was lucky. I found out the… — Charles Grandison Finney
I had a question. "Why does the name Pearl Harbor sound so familiar?" The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed. "Pearl Harbor is the most famous U.S.… — James Patterson
She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making love with men of all skin colors--white, black, yellow--with… — Paulo Coelho
Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base. — Dan Brown
The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If… — Patrick Henry
The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while… — Tim Ferriss
At the tips of the feathers there is air and at their base: blood. I hold up bones; I wish like broken glass they could… — Alice Sebold
While we exert ourselves to grow beyond our humanity, to leave the human behind us, God becomes human; and we must recognize that God wills… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake… — Ayn Rand
These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial… — Muhammad Yunus

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