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“There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they wish to try or making believe to fancy that they wish to try, to bring back the Middle Ages.”
Source : Goldwin Smith (1881). “Lectures and Essays”, New York : Macmillan
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“The poet or the revolutionary is there to articulate the necessity, but until the people themselves apprehend it, nothing can happen ... Perhaps it can't be done without the poet, but it certainly can't be done without the people. The poet and the people get on generally very badly, and yet they need each other. The poet knows it sooner than the people do. The people usually know it after the poet is dead; but that's all right. The point is to get your work done, and your work is to change the world.”
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“I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.”
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“Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.”
Source : Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.1065, Delphi Classics
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“I have to admit it that the large quantity of US money poured into Vietnam provoked ii...a lot of bad habits.”
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“If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days.”
Source : John Aubrey (1857). “Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects”, p.4
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“People aren't hiring just a picture, they're hiring someone they can work with. That plays a big role .”
Source : Source: aphotoeditor.com
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“Show me your dreams. Let me make them come true.”
Source : Elizabeth Lowell (2006). “Fire and Rain”
