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— Richard Yates

Literature1860–1936

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"It is unwise to make education too cheap. If everything is provided freely, there is a tendency to put no value on anything. Education must always have a certain price on it; even as the very process …"

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Military1890–1969

#knowledge

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— Yasunari Kawabata

Literature1899–1972

#time

"I think it’s the military industrial complex that needs more weapons sales, and the Russians have always been the bogeyman for the United States from the Cold War period. And even though we had 20 yea…"

— Ann Wright

Politics1946

#war