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Dennis O’Brien Quote – It Is The Soldier
“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given ...
Barbara Kingsolver quote – figure out what you have to say
"Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer." - Barbara Kingsolver ...
François de La Rochefoucauld Quote – Memory
"Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person?" - François de La Rochefoucauld ...
Marcelene Cox Quote – Perfection From Children
"It is a mystery why adults expect perfection from children. Few grown-ups can get through a whole day without making a mistake." - Marcelene Cox ...
Marilyn Monroe Quote – Things Fall Together
"And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." - Marilyn Monroe ...
George Burns Quote – Too Bad
"Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair." - George Burns ...
Wendell Berry Quote – The Past Is Our Definition
"The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it." - Wendell Berry ...
Simone Weil Quote – Our Great Adversary
"Whether the mask is labeled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus — the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battle lines,... but the one ...
R. Buckminster Fuller Quote – The Thought Is Staggering
"Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering." - R. Buckminster Fuller ...
