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Aristophanes
"A man may learn wisdom even from a foe."
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Source : "Birds". Comedy by Aristophanes, 414 BC.
Aristophanes
#Men Quotes
#Humanity Quotes
#May Quotes
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“Say a miracle happened and you could pull stars from the sky. Even if that happened there's no way I would give up a game for you.”
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“She scissored the curls away, and - toms, grow easily sentimental over their haircuts, but I remember this sensation very vividly - it was not like she was cutting hair, it was as if I had a pair of wings beneath my shoulder-blades, that the flesh had all grown over, and she was slicing free...”
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“The language with which I make my poems has nothing to do with one spoken here, or anywhere.”
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“Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and even interacted with their respective deities directly. Today, believers have no such luxury. They are forced to rely on blind faith that these things occurred, that people were at one time able to overcome or render inert natural laws.”
Source : FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Feb 15, 2014 
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“You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.”
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“From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves.”
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“Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of the form is that one must create an entire world in five to 30 pages, as opposed to 300. There is very little room for fat - you must be economical. And you must begin as close to the end as you possibly can.”
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“I realised that if I did what I wanted to do, it would work.”
