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Archibald MacLeish Quotes: We have learned the answers, all the answers: it is the question that we do not know.
         

We have learned the answers, all the answers: it is the question that we do not know.


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Beauty is that Medusa's head which men go armed to seek and sever, and dead will starve and sting forever.

Beauty is that Medusa's head which men go armed to seek and sever, and dead will starve and sting forever.



Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing.

Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing.



A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man.

A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man.



There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience.

There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience.



Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.

Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.



The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse.

The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse.



The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.



As things are now going the peace we make, what peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace in brief.without moral purpose or human interest.

As things are now going the peace we make, what peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace in brief.without moral purpose or human interest.



There is no dusk to be, There is no dawn that was, Only there's now, and now, And the wind in the grass.

There is no dusk to be, There is no dawn that was, Only there's now, and now, And the wind in the grass.



A poem should not mean but be.

A poem should not mean but be.





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Youth is the last ride with fun, but the first one with responsability.

Youth is the last ride with fun, but the first one with responsability.



She can go places we cannot, associate with people we cannot, understand things about society types and women that we never can. (Why Mr. Burke hires Violet Strange.)

She can go places we cannot, associate with people we cannot, understand things about society types and women that we never can. (Why Mr. Burke hires Violet Strange.)



If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.



You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough

You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough



One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much.

One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much.



Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.

Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.



We had Jesse Ventura in Minnesota win the governorship, nobody thought he was going to win. I'm telling you, stranger things have happened.

We had Jesse Ventura in Minnesota win the governorship, nobody thought he was going to win. I'm telling you, stranger things have happened.



Lamps are different, but light is the same.

Lamps are different, but light is the same.




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