Lewis Carroll Quotes
The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
Lewis Carroll
Quotes to Explore
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At no point during his ordeal did Nero think of himself as 72% alive and 28% dead.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Autumn grows old: he, like some simple one,In Summer's castaway is strangely clad
W. H. Davies
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The news had stirred him strangely. He listened for bulletins on the radio, which he had seldom turned on after finding that its basic function was advertising things for sale.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works, and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is, one must be half a tradesman.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.
Jamelia
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Our most fundamental social need, it turns out, to my amazement, is love. Now, I'm not a hippie-dippie whatever. If you look at the literature, our most fundamental need for children is an environment of maximum love, and that they can be hugged, kissed, and loved. That's what humanises us and allows us to realise our whole dimension.
David Suzuki
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I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was published.
T. J. Stiles
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The enlightened soul is a person who is self-conscious of his "human condition" in his time and historical and social setting, and whose awareness inevitably and necessarily gives him a sense of social responsibility.
Ali Shariati
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We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama.
Ivan Reitman
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When the Revolution triumphed in 1959, our island was a true Yankee colony. The United States had duped and disarmed our Liberation Army. One couldn't speak of developed agriculture, but of immense plantations exploited on the base of manual and animal labour that in general used neither fertilizers nor machinery.
Fidel Castro
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To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two friends. In his almost universal unpopularity he points out, with pride, that these two are the dog and the horse. He believes, with an innocence peculiar to himself, that they are equally proud of this alleged confraternity. He says, 'Look at my two noble friends -- they are dumb, but they are loyal.' I have for years suspected that they are only tolerant.
Beryl Markham
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The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
Lewis Carroll
