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Them Quotes by Edwidge Danticat
- Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force -…
- That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you…
- Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you…
- These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were…
- Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may…
- Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you…
- The girl she said, I didn’t tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts at home when…
- When you write, it’s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have still…
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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