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James Baldwin quote: "Children have never been any good at listening to their..."

Children have never been any good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

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Gluttony - that's my vice & curse. I want too much of everything. Books... Love... Music... Color & Form... Philosophy... Travel & Adventure... the result of this bestial lust is the indiscriminate and promiscuous splaying of my energies - wanting all, I accomplish nothing; desiring everything, I satisfy nothing and am satisfied by nothing. Edward Abbey
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This part of the 21st century is preoccupied with risk, and there's a lot that law can do to make lives longer and healthier. Cass Sunstein
Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future. Thad Cochran
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One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist. Andres Serrano
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He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see? Lloyd Alexander
For within livin structures defined by profit, by linear power, by institutional dehumanization, our feelings were not meant to survive. Kept around as unavoidable adjuncts or pleasant pastimes, our feelings were expected to kneel to thought as women were expected to kneel to men. But women have survived. As poets. Audre Lorde
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If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully. Dick Clark
C. S. Lewis quote: "[Consciousness] is either inexplicable illusion, or else..."
[Consciousness] is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation. C. S. Lewis
I am something of a crank about sleep, for if I get seven and a quarter hours instead of eight I feel afflicted and drag myself around, although there's nothing really wrong with me. It's just another idea. That's how it is with my ideas; they seem to get strong while I weaken. Saul Bellow
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I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing. Tom Wopat
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You know no one will ever accuse me as having the same policies as George W. Bush. Hillary Clinton
Do i look like a beautiful blond with big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice-cream? No. no, you don't. Then why are you telling me all this bullshit just so you can fuck me. Quentin Tarantino