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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.


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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.



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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.



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Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.



Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.



The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.



As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.



The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.



All great art is born of the metropolis.

All great art is born of the metropolis.



'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!



What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.





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The mysterious does not spell itself out in capital letters, as many writers believe, but is always between, an interstice.



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It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.



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Hey GR, for the others that feel alone. I think you will find comfort in knowing that:Everybody's Somebody's Everything. I know I'm right.



Prayer is the pillow of religion.

Prayer is the pillow of religion.



I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation.

I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation.



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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord's people.



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Sourav's calm and assured presence sets him apart. His captaincy is of a high order but he bats sensibly and reads situations well. I hope Sourav too becomes a World Cup wining captain.



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A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill.



Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.

Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.




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