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“Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.”
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“I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.”
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“I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.”
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“I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.”
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“Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.”
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“Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.”
Source : "Exclusive: Anna Sui Discusses Her Spring 2012 Show and Punk Rock Heritage". Interview with Colleen Nika, www.rollingstone.com. September 14, 2011. 
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“The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.”
Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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“Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.”
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“Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.”
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“'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.”
