Ralph Ellison Quotes
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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I do not need any cheerleaders at my moot court. And I cannot imagine walking into that Court without the preparation of a few vicious moot courts; it is critical to the development of my thinking.
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Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.
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Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.
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Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read.
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What America needs is not just another politician or more promises. What America needs is a revival.
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Camp Southern Ground is a lot more than a camp. It's more of a campus.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.
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Don't take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion is correct. In other words, don't be an impatient trader.
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You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.
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The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
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I'm just grateful. I'm grateful for my family, my wife, and our health. I'm grateful to be in a band of brothers that I love so, so, so much. I'm grateful that this magical combination of dudes makes music that people like and moves them.
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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
