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And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable. You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. No powder on… — Arthur Conan Doyle
"I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the fire. "Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur." — Arthur Conan Doyle
Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under my notice. Its right to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of… — Lord Acton
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia.… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white. They had to… — Cornel West
Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. — Bethany Hamilton
We deliberate not about ends, but about means. — Aristotle
What the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.' Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it. — Noam Chomsky
An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong. — Marva Collins
Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself. — Dorothy Canfield Fisher
What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not… — Mary Parker Follett
Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge. — Dick Gregory
There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I… — Langston Hughes
We are not fighting for the right to be like you. We respect ourselves too much for that. When we advocate freedom, we mean freedom… — John Oliver Killens
More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is… — Jonathan Kozol
When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'… — Doris Lessing
Speaking like this doesn't mean that we're anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression. — Malcolm X
When you hear me say "by any means necessary," I mean exactly that. I believe in anything that is necessary to correct unjust conditions-political, economic,… — Malcolm X
Liberation means you don't have to be silenced. — Toni Morrison
'He means well' is useless unless he does well. — Plautus
Since the most important element of any concept is that its originating question be appropriately framed, any theory demanding an explanation for homosexuality is a… — Sarah Schulman
"Native" always means people who belong someplace else, because they had once belonged somewhere. That shows that the white race does not really think they… — Gertrude Stein
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
I cannot accept that to be realistic means to tolerate misery, violence and hate. I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated… — Oscar Arias

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