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439 Recorded quotes by 388 unique authors

Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been â€œa means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor. — Jack Zipes
Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain… — Marcus Aurelius
The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action -- the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of its authors --… — Hannah Arendt
Journal became a sanctuary where I could pour out in honesty my pain and joy. It recorded my footsteps and helped me understand where I… — Sue Monk Kidd
There was a DJ who stayed up for eleven days straight, the longest recorded period of time anyone has ever gone without sleep, and he… — Meg Cabot
Music expresses feeling, that is to say, gives shape and habitation to feeling, not in space but in time. To the extent that music has… — J M Coetzee
Wonder of wonders, the box had Elvis. Immediately the bar seemed a better place. She fed in coins and then punched the keys for "Hound… — Jennifer Crusie
I know I cannot undo this. None of us can undo what weâ€™ve done, or relive a life already recorded. — Mitch Albom
Whoa, Dimitri," I said, tossing my bag on the floor. "I realize this is actually a current hit in Eastern Europe right now, but do… — Richelle Mead
This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are… — Winston Churchill
It was Eric's voice not Simon's, on the recorded message. â€œLadies, ladies â€ he said. Though it was the millionth time sheâ€™d heard the recording,… — Cassandra Clare
In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948--on a five year old girl. — Eve Ensler
They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You will personally pledge this in front of the… — Suzanne Collins
People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe, organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become. With the… — Chuck Palahniuk
There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people… — Howard Zinn
Of course, supernatural acts are what miracles are all about. They are, after all, precisely those things that circumvent the laws of nature. A god… — Lawrence M. Krauss
This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone. — Joyce Carol Oates
Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it. — David Eagleman
[A]s soon as you try and take a song from your mind into piano and voice and into the real world, something gets lost and… — Regina Spektor

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