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recognize that it is... VIKTOR FRANKL WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" ... YOUSEF KARSH If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by vanity onl... YOUSEF KARSH If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" o... YOUSEF KARSH If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" o... YOUSUF KARSH [But if that were to happen,] my teammates would not enjoy playing with me, ... They would think I a... CHAUNCEY BILLUPS Many people think if you need a new liver, it is because you abused your body, so they don't feel so... LORRAINE RICHARDSON AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO RALPH WALDO EMERSON SUZY KASSEM
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KEITH ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON informed opinion. No one is en... HARLAN ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON LARRY ELLISON JENNIFER ELLISON JENNIFER ELLISON At the end of the day, the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott had to be converted into the 1964 Civil Right... KEITH ELLISON Clean air and a healthy climate benefit all of us, but it will take a diverse coalition to step up t... KEITH ELLISON JENNIFER ELLISON I think it's dangerous to prosecute people for their political views and their political associa... KEITH ELLISON LARRY ELLISON LARRY ELLISON LARRY ELLISON LARRY ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON I have a deep and personal aversion to anti-Semitism regardless of its source, and I reject and cond... KEITH ELLISON LARRY ELLISON JENNIFER ELLISON LARRY ELLISON I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the governme... KEITH ELLISON Why can't we get real, sane, sensible gun legislation? Because the NRA, funded by Mossberg, Smit... KEITH ELLISON JENNIFER ELLISON We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets... KEITH ELLISON While there are corporal descriptions of what the afterlife is like in Christianity, Islam and Judai... KEITH ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON LARRY ELLISON LARRY ELLISON The middle class should not continue to foot the bill for tax breaks for millionaires and billionair... KEITH ELLISON Getting to the championship game with an undefeated record is great, especially with the way our sea... BRYAN ELLISON We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an... KEITH ELLISON He won the two mile that year. That year he was the runner to beat in the state of Kansas. We were t... A.J. ELLISON There are changes in the brain (during pregnancy and early motherhood) ? concrete, measurable change... KATHERINE ELLISON Democrats need an organizer who will energize the grass-roots across this country to build the party... KEITH ELLISON Any time you are put in the same category as Jane Fonda, a real legend, it feels surreal, perhaps ev... MEGAN ELLISON A lot of these long distance runners start out at junior high. They have just as good times but they... A.J. ELLISON Every now and again, people on the far right take a quote from a progressive out of context and use ... KEITH ELLISON My junior year was a stepping stone to my senior season. That was my first full season running. I kn... A.J. ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON LARRY ELLISON LARRY ELLISON HARLAN ELLISON LARRY ELLISON In the fall, I still ran cross country. In the winter you had indoor, in the spring you have track a... A.J. ELLISON It's just like with any other sport, if you want to get to that next level, you have to sacrifice a ... A.J. ELLISON I had a little bit of anxiety. 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America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become... 
America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become... 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of ... 
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of ... 
I am but a man, Dalinar, so much as I wish it were not true at times. I am no Radiant. And while I a... 
In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great har... 
I know, brother, that you are a straightforward man, and that you pride yourself on it. But put one ... 
Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. 
It takes two or three generations to do what I tried to do in one; and my impulses--affections--vice... 
But what would have been the good?"
I thought the work would be very innocent, and one which might be confided to the reason of any man;... 
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There is one thing that, more than any other, throws people absolutely off their balance — the tho... 
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He is not a tame lion," said Tirian. "How should we know what he would do? We, who are murderers. Je... 
There are situations in life which are beyond one. The sensible man realizes this, and slides out of... 
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Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably no... 
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If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should ... 
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will... 
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