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Small: A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom
"A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom"
Amiri Baraka, Poet
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Small: Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery
"Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies"
Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman
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Small: A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every
"A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system"
Jane Smiley, Writer
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Small: We shall listen, not lecture learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others
"We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might"
Theodore C. Sorensen, Lawyer
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Small: Its a brooding melancholy that haunts me
"It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me"
David Guterson, Author
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Small: A fox is a wolf who sends flowers
"A fox is a wolf who sends flowers"
Ruth Brown, Musician
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Small: For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously.
"For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously"
William Bennett, Politician
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Small: A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet
"A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained"
Lyman Abbott, Author
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Small: Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution
"Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution"
Al Capp, Cartoonist
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Small: Youre only as good as your last record
"You're only as good as your last record"
David Sanborn, Musician
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Small: Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are stil
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it"
Ellen Goodman, Journalist
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Small: So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes
"So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes"
Sarah Jessica Parker, Actress
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Small: America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts
"America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts"
Dirk Benedict, Actor
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Small: The Jumble Shop would be one place where wed sometimes accumulate down in the Village. I think it might be jus
"The Jumble Shop would be one place where we'd sometimes accumulate down in the Village. I think it might be just a place that's unknown that was right around the corner from wherever it was that we met"
Lee Krasner, Artist
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Small: The mind when it has an old experience will add that data into its current experience, and it keeps coming up
"The mind when it has an old experience will add that data into its current experience, and it keeps coming up with wrong answers"
L. Ron Hubbard, Author
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Small: Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not ma
"Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master"
Joy Page, Actress
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Small: I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecuti
"I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution"
Francis Schaeffer, Theologian
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Small: We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to red
"We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens"
Grover Norquist, Politician
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Small: As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making
"As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue"
David Korten, Activist
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Small: Im not a very good writer, but Im an excellent rewriter
"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter"
James A. Michener, Novelist
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Small: I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids
"I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids"
Dorothy Malone, Actress
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Small: Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a ve
"Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information"
Dick Wolf, Producer
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Small: I find humans tremendously interesting
"I find humans tremendously interesting"
David Brin, Author
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Small: If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then its yours forever. If it doesnt, th
Blake Lively
"If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with"
Blake Lively, Actress
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Small: The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind
"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind"
H. P. Lovecraft, Novelist
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Small: In America, music is more tightly categorized
Ednita Nazario
"In America, music is more tightly categorized"
Ednita Nazario, Musician
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Small: Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx o
"Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have nothing to do with the liability insurance crisis facing doctors and should be stripped from this bill"
Dennis Cardoza, Politician
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Small: There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge
"There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge"
Charley Pride, Athlete
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Small: It is very vulgar to talk about ones business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinne
"It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties"
John Wanamaker, Businessman
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Small: Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against
"Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against"
Bill Walton, Athlete
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Small: Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one
"Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one"
Bill Bradley, Politician
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Small: Ive never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and lo
"I've never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and look at the ceiling. What's wrong with that?"
Billy Bob Thornton, Actor
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Small: Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. Shes a great actress and does good work, but also has a life
"Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband"
Anna Faris, Actress
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Small: Its sort of an action flick. You cant be that funny trying to steal diamonds
"It's sort of an action flick. You can't be that funny trying to steal diamonds"
Anthony Anderson, Actor
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Small: What this country needs is more unemployed politicians
"What this country needs is more unemployed politicians"
Angela Davis, Activist
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Small: What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that Im not only involved directly with
Galen Rowell
"What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world"
Galen Rowell, Photographer
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Small: The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything
"The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything"
Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President
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Small: Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it
"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it"
Ernest Holmes, Theologian
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Small: One of the things I thought a lot about was how can we get the views, for instance, the main plaza, you look u
"One of the things I thought a lot about was how can we get the views, for instance, the main plaza, you look up to Telegraph Hill from there and therefore it would be a disaster to close that view off"
Lawrence Halprin, Architect
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Small: Turn on, Tune in, Drop out
"Turn on, Tune in, Drop out"
Timothy Leary, Educator
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