"But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash."

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Source : Gerrit Smith (1856). “Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress”, p.22

Gerrit Smith

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“What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate”
“I never saw so sweet a face. As that I stood before. My heart has left it dwelling place ... and can return no more.”

Source : John Clare (2015). “Poems Chiefly from Manuscript”, p.268, The Floating Press
“When I'm hiring someone I look for magic and a spark. Little things that intuitively give me a gut feeling that this person will go to the ends of the earth to accomplish the task at hand”

Source : "Tommy Mottola: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 3013.
“San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.”
“Where to start is the problem, because nothing begins when it begins and nothing's over when it's over, and everything needs a preface: a preface, a postscript, a chart of simultaneous events.”
“There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.”
“I like people's attitudes more than fashion or beauty or whatever it is.”

Source : "Exclusive: See Kat Dennings Transform Into Her Beauty Icons". Interview with Jessica Baker, www.byrdie.co.uk. June 29, 2015.
“The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been.”

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