"I'm a child of the '60s, I came of age then. I went to a couple of demonstrations, and then in the late '60s when the Vietnam anti-war movement grew as the Vietnam War was heating up, I became very involved in that."

-- Simi Linton

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“Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.”
“It's the greatest of Southern honors . . . to have one's name incorporated into a family tree. It's an honor not lightly given.”
“Do you know how you get the urge to clean your room, and itâ€™s no big deal? But when your mom tells you that you have to clean your room, you don't want to? That's me, anyway.”

Source : Bill Konigsberg (2013). “Openly Straight”, p.81, Scholastic Inc.
“Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our home port is the celestial kingdom of God. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course in that direction. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudderâ€”never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: Chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.”
“I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the Senate is not a bathhouse. Objecting to sex discrimination being the reason for rejection of Emmy Noether's application to join the faculty at the University of Gottingen.”
“Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.”

Source : Max Beerbohm (2006). “And Even Now”, p.93, 1st World Publishing
“Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.”
“A compliment would be the last thing out of my mouth to a man who was so pigheaded that he could be served at a luau.”

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