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All Quotes Collection
"Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty."
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"A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure."
45
"Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know."
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"Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill."
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"When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults."
34
"Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta."
29
"Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places."
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"I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity."
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"It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter."
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"Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem."
37
"Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts."
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"I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings."
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"No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original."
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"Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades."
41
"There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child."
36
"We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way."
32
"No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you."
44
"The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger."
50
"Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses."
26
"The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes."
27
"The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain."
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"The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life."
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"The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone."
34
"The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people."
27
"Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores."
28
"September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for."
40
"As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music."
62
"I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now."
40
"I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs."
35
"Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill."
41
"If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money."
50
"Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes."
44
"Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win."
Race,
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