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The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it. — John Ciardi
I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful. — Madonna Ciccone
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that… — Madonna Ciccone
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
True nobility is exempt from fear. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one. — Emile M. Cioran
The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility. — Emile M. Cioran
Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. — Emile M. Cioran
Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves. — Emile M. Cioran
The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it. — Emile M. Cioran
We derive our vitality from our store of madness. — Emile M. Cioran
When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves. — Emile M. Cioran
I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now,… — Sandra Cisneros
Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within. — Sandra Cisneros
All grand thoughts come from the heart. — Luc de Clapiers

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