"Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories."

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“The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them.”

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"Activists have been encouraged by his ability to listen, learn and change..."

— Norman Solomon

Journalism1951

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"p. 407–8 cited in: Hilary Putnam "Pragmatism and nonscientiﬁc knowledge" James Conant, Urszula M. Zeglen Hilary Putnam: Pragmatism and Realism. p. 21"

— John Dewey

Philosophy1859–1952

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"Well, I would have to pick Travis, you know; I think he's a great man with his music, and there's been many a man that's copied from Merle. You know, they say he learned from a man in Kentucky. Well, …"

— Bill Monroe

Music1911–1996

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