"The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves."

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O. Henry

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“People are essentially red meat. They are.”
“Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.”
“I take risks, if you want to call it a risk. All the people running for president, last time, you know, they all came to visit me or meet me. They all wanted my endorsement and I endorsed [Rick] Perry at that time. He wasn't that well-liked either, but you have to do what you have to do.”
“I believe that access to a university education should be based on the ability to learn, not what people can afford. I think there is no more nauseating a sight than politicians pulling up the ladder of opportunity behind them.”
“The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.”
“Nudity is a state of fact; lewdity, to coin a phrase, is a state of mind”

Source : Paul Outerbridge, Jeannine Fiedler (1993). “Paul Outerbridge Jr: photographs”
“Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.”
“Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.”

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