"In fact, itâ€™s the very impersonality of impersonal knowledge that renders such knowledge the most ethically potent of all."

-- Rebecca Goldstein

“The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated.”
“Give the instruments a chance - their sounds are quite beautiful.”

Source : John Marin (1970). “John Marin”
“Allow me to congratulate you on your very astute powers of observation.”
“My fans are the only people who will be with me forever, all else comes and goes.”

Source : Source: www.thevinyldistrict.com
“There's a difference between racism and "I don't know any better. I'm clueless." Racism is like, "I'm trying to make you feel bad." That's racism.”
“Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.”
“In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.”
“â€¦books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.”

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