"For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought."

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Source : B.H. Liddell Hart (2015). “Why Don't We Learn from History?”, p.62, Lulu Press, Inc

B. H. Liddell Hart

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“The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. My grandmother never owned a house. She cleaned other people's houses so she could afford to rent her own. But she saw her daughter become the first in her family to graduate from college. And my mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone.”

Source : "The Things Julian Castro Can Say" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. September 5, 2012.
“I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is.”
“I'm big-busted... I can't always wear the cutest bras, and it makes me so mad.”
“I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.”
“Crowds of minds can be wise, but crowds of bodies just aren't.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: John Seabrook on Crowds". live chat, www.newyorker.com. January 28, 2011.
“Lastly, the ashes left behind, May daily show to move the mind, That to ashes and dust return we must: Then think, and drink tobacco.”
“Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it.”
“My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific.”

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