"An indirect quotation we can usually expect to rate only as better or worse, more or less faithful, and we cannot even hope for astrict standard of more and less; what is involved is evaluation, relative to special purposes, of an essentially dramatic act."

-- Willard Van Orman Quine

#Faithful Quotes #Special Quotes #Evaluation Quotes

“It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.”
“The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.”
“If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar.”

Source : Amos Oz (2005). “A Tale of Love and Darkness”, p.129, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.”
“Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing.”
“If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend your hand to help another, not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity, you are going to find the truth.”
“I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.”
“Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith...”

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