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Will Durant quote: "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good..."

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

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I could only get on at all by taking "nature" into my confidence and my account, by treating my monstrous ordeal as a push in a direction unusual, of course, and unpleasant, but demanding, after all, for a fair front, only another turn of the screw of ordinary human virtue. Henry James
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There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency. James Bovard
Robin Wright Penn quote: "I just love getting dirty."
I just love getting dirty. Robin Wright Penn
Suzanne Collins quote: "Let me go? I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp."
Let me go? I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. Suzanne Collins
Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance. Robert Rodriguez
She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying. Isabel Allende
Henry Miller quote: "All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated..."
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. Henry Miller
Toni Morrison quote: "Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous."
Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous. Toni Morrison
Robert Frost quote: "Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire"
Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire Robert Frost
Jack Kerouac quote: "Mind is the Maker, for no reason at all, for all this..."
Mind is the Maker, for no reason at all, for all this creation, created to fall. Jack Kerouac
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights."
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights. Henry David Thoreau
I mean, Dodd-Frank is strangling small community banks. It doesn't make any difference what the interest rate is. They're not - they're not going to loan the money because they can't make any money for one thing plus the cost of compliance. Rick Perry
It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control. Oprah Winfrey
Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word. Mercedes Lackey