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“Women, like men, ought to have their years so glutted with freedom that they hate the very idea of freedom.”

“It is incredible how essential to me you have become. I suppose you are accustomed to people saying these things. Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan't make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this — But oh my dear, I can't be clever and stand-offish with you: I love you too much for that. Too truly. You have no idea how stand-offish I can be with people I don't love. I have brought it to a fine art. But you have broken down my defences. And I don't really resent it.”

“It is quite true that you have had infinitely more influence on me intellectually than anyone, and for this alone I love you.”

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"There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal."

— Michael Chabon

Literature1963

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"Man’s rights can be violated only by the use of physical force. It is only by means of physical force that one man can deprive another of his life, or enslave him, or rob him, or prevent him from purs…"

— Ayn Rand

Philosophy1905–1982

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"I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it."

— Tupac Shakur

Politics1971–1996

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"In the face of this fact, is there not some justification for the opinion that the United States owe their very existence to the Jews? And if this be so, how much more can it be asserted that Jewish i…"

— Werner Sombart

Science1863–1941

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