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“Anyone who says human nature can't be changed is out of his head. To make it stick, he's got to define human nature—and he can't.”

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"everyone less mentally ill than me is Privileged, everyone more mentally ill than me is Toxic, everyone equally mentally ill to me is Cool"

— Dril

1846–1910

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"Throughout the Muslim rule destruction of Hindu shrines and construction of mosques and other building from their materials and at their very sites went on as a normal practice. From the Quwwal-ul-Isl…"

— K. S. Lal

history1920–2002

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— Gabrielle Roy

Literature1909–1983

#time

"Has, then, the influence of the crown increased since the Revolution? Down to the period of 1782 I believe the fact will not be much disputed. It was upon the notoriety of the fact, and the bad conseq…"

— Charles Grey

Politics1903–1984

#truth