"I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another."

-- Nancy Mitford

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“We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.”
“We believe that man's value - as every creature's value, ultimately - lies not in the mere intellect but in the spirit: in the capacity to reflect that which, for lack of a more precise word, we choose to call â€œthe divine,â€ i.e. that which is true and beautiful beyond all manifestation, that which remains timeless (and therefore unchangeable) within all changes.”

Source : Savitri Devi (2010). “The Lightning and the Sun”, p.5, Lulu.com
“How many of us would be willing to settle when we're young for what we eventually get? All those plans we make...what happens to them? It's only a handful of the lucky ones that can look back and say that they even came close.”

Source : George Simon Kaufman, Moss Hart (1980). “Three Plays”, p.203, Grove Press
“An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.”
“Neither fear nor resist change - cultivate it.”
“My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.”
“More money is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build a lot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities.”
“A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!”

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