"The Americans ... are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose influence on the habits and morals of a people is of the most beneficial tendency."

-- James F. Cooper

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“Experience shows us Wealth unchaperoned by Virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.”
“Peace. That's what I want all around the world, everywhere I go I always do the peace sign with my fingers.”
“The Creator is not a careless mechanic.”

Source : Ina May Gaskin (2010). “Ina May's Guide to Childbirth”, p.141, Random House
“Biography is the best form of history.”
“Love is the answer to a question that I have forgotten”
“I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.”
“To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it.”

Source : David Gerrold (2002). “The Martian Child: A Novel About A Single Father Adopting A Son”, p.113, Forge Books
“I shall die as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.”

Source : "Henry Salt, Humanitarian Reformer and Man of Letters". Book by George Hendrick, 1977.

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