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My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which bre

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"My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength"

- Antonio Gramsci

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This quote is written / told by Antonio Gramsci between January 23, 1891 and April 27, 1937. He/she was a famous Politician from Italy. The author also have 5 other quotes.

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