"You never read about the real pain. It lives where no word can travel."

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"All arguments based on the unequal status of texts are questionable. In principle, all ancient readings have an equal status, without relation to the text or translation in which they are found."

— Emanuel Tov

Education1941

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"It should be possible, in a 'debreviation' mode, to type 'clr' on the keyboard and have 'The Council on Library Resources, Inc.' appear on the display."

— J. C. R. Licklider

Science1915–1990

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"I no longer feel any allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself. I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent species t…"

— Suzanne Collins

Literature1962

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"This matter of lynching would be a terrible thing even if it stopped with the lynching of men guilty of the inhuman and hideous crime of rape; but, as a matter of fact, lawlessness of this type never …"

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics1858–1919

#justice