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Frank Herbert quote: "This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But..."
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. Frank Herbert
This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well. Paulo Freire
This is how people behave when their dailiness is destroyed, when for a few moments they see, plain and unadorned, one of the great shaping forces of life. Calamity fixes them with her mesmeric eye, and they begin to scoop and paw at the rubble of their days, trying to pluck the memory of the quotidian - a toy, a book, a garment, even a photograph - from the garbage heaps of the irretrievable, of their overwhelming loss. Salman Rushdie
Suzanne Collins quote: "This is what they do! And we must fight back! Fire is..."
This is what they do! And we must fight back! Fire is Catching. And if we Burn, you Burn with us! Suzanne Collins
This is the age of the specialist, and years ago Rollo had settled on his career. Even as a boy, hardly capable of connected thought, he had been convinced that his speciality, the one thing he could do really well, was to inherit money. P. G. Wodehouse
This clockwork twin of mine halted before me, her bowels churning out a settecento minuet, and offered me the bold carnation of her smile. Click, click--she raises her arm and busily dusts my cheeks with pink, powdered chalk that makes me cough; then thrusts towards me her little mirror. Angela Carter
This is a Southern gift, isn't it - tremendous self-regard diluted with humor and modesty. That's what they mean by Southern charm, right? Michael Cunningham
This is how it essentially is for Bunny Junior. He loves his dad. He thinks there is no dad better, cleverer, or more capable, and he stands there beside him with a sense of pride? he's my dad? and he also, of course, stands beside him because he has nowhere else to go. Nick Cave
Abraham Lincoln quote: "This too shall pass."
This too shall pass. Abraham Lincoln
This is the moment when something once more begins visibly to happen, something truly new and unique...something truly historical, in the sense that history again demands to be heard. Vaclav Havel
This afternoon held that special quality of mournful emptiness I've connected with late Sunday afternoons ever since childhood: the feeling of having nothing to do. Margaret Atwood
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "This time, after a moment, he called her bluff."
This time, after a moment, he called her bluff. Dorothy Dunnett
This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world. Douglas Adams
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers. William S. Burroughs
This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves. Robert Green Ingersoll

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