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“The arrow always tipped with ill nature and sarcasm is deadliest to him who sends it.”
Source : Prentice Mulford (2016). “Thoughts are Things”, p.26, Prentice Mulford
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“Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.”
Source : Allen Tate (1999). “Essays of Four Decades”, Isi Books
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“The president has the authority to end this dragnet surveillance immediately”
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“With each day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster then others to survive”
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“But it's Posy, Gale's five-year-old sister, who helps the most. She scoots along the bench to Octavia and touches her skin with a tentative finger. “You're green. Are you sick?†“It's a fashion thing, Posy. Like wearing lipstick,†I say. “It's meant to be pretty,†whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her lashes. Posy considers this and says matter-of-factly, “I think you'd be pretty in any color.”
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“KISS hammered home the importance of high drama...I decided to design my show with the same goal; I wanted my fans to remember my show for the rest of their lives.”
Source : FaceBook post by Rick James from Feb 18, 2015
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“It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? … Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages, traditions and knowledge? … The truth is that I am prone to bouts of doubt and sadness around these questions. But I have hope. Our hope is dependent upon education. Our hope depends on how serious we become about the education of our people.”
Source : Noel Pearson (2009). “Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education & Equality in Australia”, p.11, Black Inc.
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“Each of us has his cowardice. Each of us is afraid to lose, afraid to die. But hanging back is the way to remain a coward for life. The Way to find courage is to seek it on the field of conflict. And the sure way to victory is willingness to risk one's own life.”