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Mary McCarthy quote: "We are the hero of our own story."

We are the hero of our own story.

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When I am dead--I say it that way because from the things I know, I do not expect to live long enough to read this book in its finished form--I want you to just watch and see if I'm not right in what I say: that the white man, in his press, is going to identify me with "hate". He will make use of me dead, as he has made use of me alive, as a convenient symbol, of "hatred"--and that will help him escape facing the truth that all I have been doing is holding up a mirror to reflect, to show,... Malcolm X
Gottfried Leibniz quote: "The present is big with the future."
The present is big with the future. Gottfried Leibniz
Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom.Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace Dean Koontz
Sandy Duncan quote: "I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out."
I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out. Sandy Duncan
I am very puzzled by the fact that young people are getting infected again. They don't take precautions despite an enormous amount of information. It's like riding a race car at 200 kilometers an hour. Some people like the risk. Luc Montagnier
Geronimo quote: "The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian..."
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. Geronimo
Martina Hingis quote: "Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and..."
Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news. Martina Hingis
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "The only things you learn are the things you tame"
The only things you learn are the things you tame Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition. Marilyn Hacker
Charles Godfrey Leland quote: "They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train."
They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train. Charles Godfrey Leland
Robert Browning quote: "The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be..."
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! Robert Browning
Alex Winter quote: "I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos."
I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos. Alex Winter
Alexander Pope quote: "And die of nothing but a rage to live."
And die of nothing but a rage to live. Alexander Pope
Robert Frost quote: "Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in its nakedness,..."
Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in its nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth.... Robert Frost
Brian Schweitzer quote: "No, money is power."
No, money is power. Brian Schweitzer