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40996 Most quotes by 14971 unique authors
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A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition.
— Juan Ramon Jimenez
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Most of us came here in chains and most of you came here to escape your chains. Your freedom was our slavery, and therein lies…
— John Oliver Killens
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The Negro loves America enough to criticize her fundamentally. Most white Americans simply can't be bothered.
— John Oliver Killens
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Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison…
— Kelly Miller
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There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.
— Michel de Montaigne
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The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a…
— Samuel Eliot Morison
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Most African Americans, if given a chance, would have chosen to be 'just Americans' ever since the first of us was brought here to Jamestown…
— Clarence Page
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The most exciting thing about women's liberation is that this century will be able to take advantage of talent and potential genius that have been…
— Helen Reddy
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Mexico was most powerfully my father's smile and not, as you might otherwise imagine, not language, not pigment.
— Richard Rodriguez
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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
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The protection of evil must be the most self-destructive job.
— Alice Walker
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Most of the time when "universal" is used, it's just a euphamism for "white"; white themes, white significance, white culture.
— Merle Woo
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... we believe in the vocation of communion and participation of our people, who day to day awaken to their political conscience and express their…
— Adolfo Perez Esquivel
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I love life and want to hold onto it. But my passion for justice for my tormented people, for their dignity and freedom, must be…
— Leyla Zana
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In most households a cup of coffee is considered the one thing needful at the breakfast hour. But how often this exhilarating beverage, that 'comforteth…
— Unknown Author
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Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once…
— Thomas de Quincey
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I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got…
— Sam Donaldson
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Success in life is measured, most easily, by the number of days that a person is truly happy.
— Eric Edmeades
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Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
— Bill Shoemaker
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The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.
— Ron Kind
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Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in…
— Max Lerner
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Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
— Denis Waitley
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Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.
— Ernest Hemingway
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Fresh grapes and wine are perhaps the most luscious foods we mortals encounter during our sojourn here.
— Jeff Cox
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