"People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed."

People, Children, Houses

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"I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

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"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

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"After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true."

H. G. Wells, English Author

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Philip K. Dick, American Writer

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"I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds."

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"I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it."

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"The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard."

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