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“Twin threads ran through her: fear and excitement.”
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“One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.”
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“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.”
Source : Naomi Shihab Nye (1995). “Words under the words: selected poems”, The Eighth Mountain Press
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“I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.”
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“At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to explore her secret recesses, she - fails not to reward him with the purest gratifications of the mind, because at every step he takes, new instances of beauty, variety, and perfection are unfolded to his view.”
Source : "Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science".
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“You know the steez; you know my whole program. Brothers from the No-Lands, all we want is the G's guns and grams.”
Source : Song: Knuckleheadz, Album: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, 1995
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“Some people say the camera loves me, the truth is, I love the camera.”
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“Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?”
Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin
