Djuna Barnes Quotes
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others.
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I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.
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Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
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I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
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I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.
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Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!
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In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
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The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.
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Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.
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The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.
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I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.
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I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
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I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
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My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
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'No Burden' is not necessarily ferocious.
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If I want to do something like the Batman mask, I just do it. I was like this all the time; I think nobody can change me.
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Ch'un almo gaudio, un così gran contentoNon potrebbe comprare oro né argento.
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Stay cool, stay humble, stay beautiful, and just do the work
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I’m a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.
