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"They never fail who die in a great cause."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Cause,

"Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Cause, Man

"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Cause, Justification, Reason

"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Cause, Fire, Pain

"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

William James, American Philosopher

Cause, Choice, Difference, Man

"So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Cause, Effect, Change, History

"A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn't open to anywhere good."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Cause, Truth, Power, Life, Regret

"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Cause, Purity, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Cause, Now, Trouble

"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Cause, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

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"When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist."

Music, People, Choices

"There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were."

People, Heroes

"To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music."

Music, People, Jazz, Play

"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important."

Music, Excellence, Freedom, Now

"This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet."

Kiss, Dream, Feet, May

"Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home."

Home, Greed, World

"I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die."

People, Poor

"Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world."

Life, Music, World

"I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going."

Music, America, Protest

"Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking."

America, Slavery, Thinking