"A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive."

-- Alfred Kazin

#Book Quotes #Alive Quotes #Classic Quotes

“In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.”
“Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.”
“Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.”

Source : Francis James Grimké (1942). “The Works of Francis J. Grimke,̀: Edited by Carter G. Woodson...”
“My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.”
“Fairy-tales are nice.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you want a midget to look like a baby, donâ€™t put a cigar in his mouth.”
“You yourself are the Teacher, and the Pupil, you're the Master, you're the Guru, you are the Leader, you are Everything! And, to understand, is to transform what Is.”
“The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.”

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