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"I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about."

"I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Society, Money, Morality, Mothers, Poor

17

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Creativity, Fun, Intelligence

223

"If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression."

"If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Moderation, End, Repression

39

"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."

"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Humor, Life, Ugly

64

"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Compassion, Measure, Society

221

"I say that justice is truth in action."

"I say that justice is truth in action."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Justice, Truth, Action

14

"We must use time creatively."

"We must use time creatively."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Creativity, Time, Martin Luther King

17

"I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time."

"I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time."

Octavia Butler, American Writer

Reading, Science, Time, Fiction

56

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

25

"In order to have friends, you must first be one."

"In order to have friends, you must first be one."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Friendship, First, Friends, Order

20

"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."

"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Humor, Negative, Positive, Difference, Electricity

55

"Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add."

"Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Self-Awareness, Sex, Children

52

"If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest."

"If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Language, Man, Tongue

22

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Self-control, May

59

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Music, Day, Dream, Dreams, Life

16

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Success, Art, Habit, Virtue, Act

58

"Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness."

"Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

15

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunity."

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunity."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Opportunity, Man, Want

15

"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."

"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."

Mark Twain, American Author

Habit, People, Habits, Needs, Nothing

21

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Life, Reality, Sorrow

16

"The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless."

"The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless."

Anais Nin, American Author

Generosity, Father, Absence, Man

60

"If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything."

"If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Wisdom, Danger, Needs, Nothing, Want

15

"The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time."

"The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Nature, Time, Leisure, Liberal, Tools

15

"She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind."

"She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Friendship, Friend, Man, Mind, Order

38

"I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid."

"I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid."

Ruth Rendell, British Writer

Patience, Death, Day

58

"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."

"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Progress, Solution

15

"Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness."

"Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

Achievement, Happiness, Running

70

"It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words."

"It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Action, Word, Words

17

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Responsibility, Greatness

16

"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."

"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Friendship, Soul

29

"Let the path be open to talent."

"Let the path be open to talent."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Opportunity, Talent, Open

52

"The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it."

"The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Writing, History, May, Writer

14

"Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city."

"Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Attitude, People, Schools, Victims, Violence

47

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Writing, Being, Risk

12

"Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others."

"Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Relationship, Manners, Support

47

"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself."

"The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Unity, Lies, Man, Reason

16

"To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well."

"To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Leadership, Faith, Time, Force, Police

15

"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going."

"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Success, Habit, Actions, Man, World

47

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Happiness, Heart, Man, Struggle

100

"War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will."

"War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will."

George Washington, American President

War, Act, Enemy, Violence

48

"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures."

"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Inspirational, Thoughts, H. Jackson Brown

51

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Motivational, Journey

50

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

"Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Humor, Politics, First, Profession

29

"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."

"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."

Mark Twain, American Author

Identity, Character, Conversation, Man, May

17

"One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves."

"One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Leadership, Leader, People

18

"Men have become the tools of their tools."

"Men have become the tools of their tools."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Philosophy, Men, Tools

85

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."

"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Success, Opportunity, Nothing

60

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Innovation, Work, Men, Machine, Man

23

"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom."

"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Wisdom, Virtue, Justice, Moderation

14

"Change in all things is sweet."

"Change in all things is sweet."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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