"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

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Source : Margaret Fuller (1852). “Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli”, p.64

Margaret Fuller

#Determination Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Reality Quotes

“I'm not looking for sympathy at all.”
“With Tatars, the situation is a little bit more complex. They are geographically very isolated so they need the rest of Russia. When they pump oil, they need pipelines to deliver it so they need those connections. We in Siberia don't need those connections. The only thing which actually sticks us together is the cultural similarities and the relatives that are on both sides of the Ural mountains.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“I pass the test that says a man who isn't a socialist at 20 has no heart, and a man who is a socialist at 40 has no head.”

Source : Quoted in the Washington Post, 7 May 1987.
“Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.'”
“I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations.”
“[Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent.”
“Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.”
“I write poetry because I canâ€™t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat. For a long time Iâ€™ve been the servant of the song that comes, that appears and canâ€™t be buried away. How to seal myself up now?â€¦It no longer matters to me who receives what I submit. What I carry out is, in that respect, greater and deeper than I, I am merely the channel.”

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