If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.
Roxane Gay
Recitation: by Male by Female
In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary.
Jodi Kantor
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Popular applause veers with the wind.
John Bright
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Parents talk a lot about how much strength and dedication it takes to raise a child. I think it also takes a lot of strength and dedication to carve out a life that doesn't seem normal to anyone else.
Jen Kirkman
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Socialism means slavery.
John Dalberg-Acton
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You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.
Robert Plant
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Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.
Matthew Desmond
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It's such a lonely existence, living with a rock n' roller. No matter how much he loves you, he will always love his music more.
Anita Pallenberg
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Logical activity is not the whole of intelligence. One can be intelligent without being particularly logical.
Jean Piaget
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I'm surprised how many people are into vinyl.
Stephen Morris
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It's like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules.
Steven Wright
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I'm not someone who has a list of great books I would read if I only had the time. If I want to read a particular so-called classic, I go ahead and read it. If I had more time, I would certainly read more, but I'd read the way I always do - that is, I'd read whatever happened to interest me, not necessarily classics.
Sigrid Nunez
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I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could.
Rufus Sewell
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