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“We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was in the highest degree disciplinary and selective.”
Source : Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”
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“No matter how often I think I can't stand it anymore, I always do. There is no alternative. I don't fall, I don't foam at the mouth, faint, collapse or die. It's the same for all of us. You can't get out of the inside of your own head. Something keeps you going. Something always does.”
Source : Janice Galloway (1989). “The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel”
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“People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not.I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.”
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“Sometimes if I go to a show, someone will recognize me. But the neighborhood I live in, there's so many people who are in successful bands that it's really not a big deal. And I like that. I like the energy of going to lunch with a friend, seeing the three dudes from Yeasayer walking in, and saying hi to them. I think that's neat.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize.”
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“After being thrown out of the house, four schools and the United States Army, I discovered that I was on the right track.”
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“A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy on you' when one sneezes.”
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“As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.”
