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Benjamin Franklin quote: "A Man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still."
A Man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. Benjamin Franklin
Like the tender fires of stars moments of their life together, that no one knew of or would ever know of, broke upon and illuminated his memory. James Joyce
Victor Hugo quote: "He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often..."
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. Victor Hugo
Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord. Charles Dickens
When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick. Cesar Chavez
The brake and gas were rigged to suit a man of his stature, and he handled them like Horowitz sailing through a storm of Liszt. Michael Chabon
Buzz Aldrin quote: "Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am..."
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon. Buzz Aldrin
The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some argued that the youth of today were poorly educated and insufficiently industrious, but one of them had sought to validate his generation by spending considerable time and effort chiseling an obscene word in the concrete picnic table, and he had spelled it correctly. Dean Koontz
Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses on his neighbor. Emily Bronte
...and there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he forever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than the other birds upon the plain, even though they soar. Herman Melville
Nelson Mandela quote: "Know your enemy? and learn about his favorite sport."
Know your enemy? and learn about his favorite sport. Nelson Mandela
That mercy towards one set of creatures was cruelty towards another sickened his sense of harmony. As you got older, and felt yourself to be at the center of your time, and not at a point in its circumference, as you had felt when you were little, you were seized with a sort of shuddering, he perceived. All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling, and the noises and glares hit upon the little cell called your life, and shook it, and warped it. Thomas Hardy
When he takes the knife to the canvass the servants find him lying dead with a knife through is heart and "withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage." and the portrait "in all the wonders of his exquisite youth and beauty." p 349 Oscar Wilde
[On neighbors looking over his camper:] I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation--a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any here... nearly every American hungers to move. John Steinbeck

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