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“My mathematics is simple: one plus one = one.”
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“The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.”
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“If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.”
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“The root of oppression is the loss of memory.”
Source : "The Sacred Hoop". Book by Paula Gunn Allen, www.nytimes.com. 1986.
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“The Republican Party is saying that the president of the United States has bosses, that the union bosses this president around - the unions boss him around. Does that sound to you like they are consciously or subconsciously deliver the racist message that, of course - of course, a black man can't be the real boss?”
Source : "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, www.nbcnews.com. February 28, 2011.
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“Hate is funny. Love isn't. Love can kill you. Hate can keep you alive.”
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“The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.”
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“I'm just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.”
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“Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out.”
Source : Gene Weingarten (2010). “The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts. . . And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
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“We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can.”
Source : Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1807). “The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains”, p.491