"With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe."

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Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar (2009). “The Uncalled (EasyRead Large Edition)”, p.113, ReadHowYouWant.com

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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“This is how I understand literature - as a kind of remix or echo chamber. What's going on in a literary work are other literary things disinterred, cannibalized, and recombined.”
“We could tell Americans everything is okay and nothing is going to happen. The fact is, there is a very real threat.”
“I would say that what's been mobilized to this point - something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably, you know, a figure that would be required.”

Source : "Vets Affairs Pick Known For Contradicting Rumsfeld". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. January 13, 2009.
“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.”
“There have been so many instances in my life where movies, music, or literature has made my life tangibly better.”

Source : Source: onlineathens.com
“I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.”

Source : Emmanuel Jal (2009). “War Child: A Child Soldier's Story”, p.188, Macmillan
“Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it's fun when I get to be expressive in another way.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“What I donâ€™t like are arrogant people. Weâ€™re all equal. I donâ€™t like it when a person assumes to be better. It angers me a little. There are a lot of people like that, but the world keeps turning.Â I also donâ€™t like lies. Iâ€™m very honest. Iâ€™m always going to tell the truth. I donâ€™t lie. I treat my friends the way I want to be treated.”

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