Djuna Barnes Quotes
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
Karin Slaughter -
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?
Halima Aden -
I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
Tamara Tunie -
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.
Ramana Maharshi -
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.
Olly Murs -
I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
Jack Antonoff Fun.
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I've always followed this page on Instagram called the Sausage Dog Hotel.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
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!
Wendy O. Williams -
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.
Gail Kelly -
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.
M. Scott Peck -
Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.
T. S. Eliot
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The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.
Walter Ulbricht -
I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.
Tallulah Bankhead -
I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life.
Samantha Harvey -
I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
V. S. Naipaul -
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
Namie Amuro -
There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no.
Gary Johnson
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Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.
Barack Obama -
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.
Anita Baker -
To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
Ian MacKaye -
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard -
Monks mass like a pack of wolves from disputing with the masters who instruct them - They know not when deep dark and dawn divorce nor who sends the wind, nor who moves it, where it disappears to, what land it strikes.
Taliesin -
I’m a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.
Djuna Barnes