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“Cool superiority as a mask for overflowing insecurity.”
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“Good native Taste, tho' rude, is seldom wrong, Be it in music, painting, or in song: But this, as well as other faculties, Improves with age and ripens by degrees.”
Source : John Armstrong (1770). “Miscellanies;”, p.129
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“My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.”
Source : Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus (2000). “Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.”
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“'Capitalism' is a dirty word for many intellectuals, but there are a number of studies showing that open economies and free trade are negatively correlated with genocide and war.”
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“Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten.”
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“Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.”
Source : Francis Parkman (2016). “The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American”, p.3, VM eBooks
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“Always turn and face the attack.”
