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Children learn what they live. Put kids in a class and they will live out their lives in an invisible cage, isolated from their chance… — John Taylor Gatto
I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places. — Terry Pratchett
In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to… — C.S. Lewis
We therefore work, not for the work's sake, but for moneyâ€”and money is supposed to get us what we really want in our hours of… — Alan Watts
She sits in her usual ample armchair, with piles of books and unopened magazines around her. She sips cautiously from the mug of weak herb… — Alice Munro
Unless and until we have peace deep within us, we can never hope to have peace in the outer world. You and I create the… — Sri Chinmoy
People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a… — Molly Ivins
Even though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people is to encourage… — Shunryu Suzuki
In the time between the two wars, a British colonial officer said that with the invention of the airplane the world has no secrets left.… — Heinrich Harrer
I am not a mechanism, an assembly of various sections. and it is not because the mechanism is working wrongly, that I am ill. I… — D. H. Lawrence
No exclusive,â€ I said aloud, watching Al for his opinion and seeing him shake his head and hold his hands out in a â€œbiggerâ€ gesture.… — Kim Harrison
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and… — David Mitchell
The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer… — Friedrich Engels
Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small. — Arthur Schopenhauer
[Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. â€œYou are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.â€ Ella fluttered to the… — Rick Riordan
It felt as if maybe the curse had lifted, the tide had shifted, but then the breeze picked up and a skeet took a very… — Ally Carter
He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly… — Roald Dahl
It's an honor and privilege to be next to the great mysteries, and that's what I get to do every day. Why are we here?… — Carole Maso
One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson

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