"For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth."

-- Plutarch

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“The night has made up its mind. Itâ€™s we who are too slow, who move in the wake of events already decided for us, who refuse, who are too weak or too simple, or are perhaps, strictly, unable to understand”

Source : Amanda Coplin (2012). “The Orchardist”, p.65, Hachette UK
“He is obviously an American hero. John McCain is a vanishing breed. He is an iconoclast, he is in his own mind and often in reality a maverick. And I think, you know, you having spent the time that you spent in the Senate know that this is true.”
“Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.”
“We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.”
“The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”
“Today, it is a reality.”
“Of the five senses, smell is the one with the best memory.”

Source : Rebecca Mcclanahan (2000). “Word Painting”, p.63, Writer's Digest Books

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