"La raison, c'est l'intelligence en exercice; l'imagination c'est l'intelligence en érection"

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"The great hulking eminence of the stone-age mound stood out as an ominous dark shadow."

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Literature1950

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"Plan-less profit-seeking as practiced by the West cannot match the planned export policies of the East."

— Stanley Knowles

Music1908–1997

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"The Tungans, more than the Han, are the enemy of our people. Today our people are already free from the oppression of the Han, but still continue under Tungan subjugation. We must still fear the Han, …"

— Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki

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"Middle-class men, neutered by office life and daunted by feminist rhetoric, are shrinking. Lesbianism is increasing, since anxious, unmasculine men have little to offer. Women are simply more interest…"

— Camille Paglia

Education1947

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