"Courage is the ability to ignore your options."

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“Nuance: for best results apply with sledge hammer.”

“The educated don't get that way by memorizing facts; they get that way by respecting them.”

“Good writers indulge their audience; great writers know better.”

“The foolish read to escape reality; the wise surrender to it.”

“If you are your own worst enemy, don't do yourself any favors.”

“Common Sense and Education: The more you think you have of one, the less you think you need of the other.”

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"Having seen the destruction of alcoholism and heroin addiction in my own family that makes me pretty intolerant of people who are willing to destroy the people around them to indulge themselves."

— Robert A. Hall

Politics1911–1997

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"he intelligence and ability of a colored person are in pretty direct proportion to the amount of white blood he has, and … most of the positions of leadership, influence, and prominence in the Negro r…"

— Madison Grant

Law1865–1937

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"Historically, the developement of machines had amplified man's ability to destroy."

— Edmund Cooper

Literature1821–1911

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"We have a side to our character that we are generally unaware of—our social personality, the different person we become when we operate in groups of people. In the group setting, we unconsciously imit…"

— Robert Greene (American author)

Literature1959–1978

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