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• The women are, of course, the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world and, if we are to believe the Book of Genesis, the very oldest.

  Chinua Achebe

  Believe, Book, People

  Chinua Achebe (1988). “Anthills of the Savannah”, p.98, Heinemann

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• A story rises from the springs of creation, from the pure will to be; it tells itself; I takes its own course, finds its own way, its own words; and the writer's job is to be its medium.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Jobs, Spring, Writing

  Ursula K. Le Guin (1997). “Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places”, p.198, Grove Press

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• The course of everything goes to teach us faith.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Faith, Teach

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• Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today.

  Bill Jenkins

  Party, Two, Political

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• 'You all righ'?' he said gruffly. 'Yeah,' said Harry. 'No, yeh're not,' said Hagrid. 'Of course yeh're not. But yeh will be.'

  J. K. Rowling

  Life Lesson, Hagrid, Yeah

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• He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary, who labors after a thing too impatiently thinks the success when it comes is not a recompense equal to all the pains he has been at about it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Pain, Failure, Thinking

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• The process of innovation is, of course, never ending.

  Alan Greenspan

  Innovation, Process, Never Ending

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• There are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.

  Jim Rohn

  Powerful, Two, Might

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 10, 2016

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• The opposite of Taking A Risk is of course Playing It Safe. You must admit though, Playing It Safe is a pretty dull way to live. On a score of one to ten as a Risk Taker where do you stand? Add a little spice to your life today and take a risk.

  Bob Proctor

  Opposites, Risk, Today

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Dec 09, 2011

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• I cured with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured,it was the power from the Outer World; the visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds. If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.

  Black Elk

  Two, Vision, Would Be

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• Let me remember that each life must follow its own course, and that what happens to other people has absolutely nothing to do with what happens to me.

  Marjorie Holmes

  People, Remember, Let Me

  Marjorie Holmes (1982). “I've Got to Talk to Somebody, God: A Woman's Conversations with God”, Bantam

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• Commit whatever grieves thee into the gracious hands of Him who never leaves thee, who heav'n and earth commands. Who points the clouds their courses, Whom winds and waves obey, He will direct thy footsteps and find for thee a way.

  Paul Gerhardt

  Grieving, Clouds, Hands

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• The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit the joy of the Gospel.

  Martin Luther

  Joy, Forfeit, Justification

  Martin Luther (1972). “A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians”, p.33, CCEL

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• Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.

  Nelson Mandela

  Fall, Greatness, Humanity

  Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, news.bbc.co.uk. February 3, 2005.

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• One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.

  Albert Camus

  Path, Discovering, Recognise

  "The Myth of Sisyphus". Book by Albert Camus, 1942.

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• You could not possibly maintain the current level of government taxation without the taxes being hidden, and they are hidden in two very different ways. They are hidden through withholding, but they are also hidden by being imposed on business, supposedly on business, when really, of course, business can't pay taxes, only people can pay taxes.

  Milton Friedman

  Government, Two, People

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• It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore.

  Albert Camus

  Art, Sea, Giving

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.73, Vintage

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• As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and practice is the basis of socialism.

  Rose Wilder Lane

  Practice, Democracy, Socialism

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• I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

  Story Musgrave

  Life Lesson, Responsibility, Thinking

  "NASA Distinguished Service Medal"". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Baltimore, Maryland, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy.

  John Gallagher, Jr.

  Team, Students, Online

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• I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is.

  Theodore Sturgeon

  Writing, Firsts, Students

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• After all the allowances are made for the necessity of having a few supermen in our midst - explorers, conquerors, great inventors, great presidents, heroes who change the course of history - the happiest man is still the man of the middle class who has earned a slight means of economic independence, who has done a little, but just a little, for mankind and who is slightly distinguished in his community, but not too distinguished.

  Lin Yutang

  Hero, Mean, Men

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• I strive for perfection, but of course it can never be perfect. I'm never satisfied at the end of a performance. But the great thing about live theatre is that every night you get another chance to get it right.

  Anthony Warlow

  Art, Night, Live Theatre

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• "What is it with people these days?" he hisses... "In my day, something just was. None of this analysis a hundred times over. None of these college courses with people graduating with degrees in Whys and Hows and Becauses. Sometimes, love, you just need to forget all of those words and enroll in a little lesson called 'Thank You.'"

  Cecelia Ahern

  Gratitude, Love You, College

  "Thanks for the Memories". Book by Cecelia Ahern, 2008.

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• National parks and reserves are an integral aspect of intelligent use of natural resources. It is the course of wisdom to set aside an ample portion of our natural resources as national parks and reserves, thus ensuring that future generations may know the majesty of the earth as we know it today.

  John F. Kennedy

  Intelligent, Generations, National Parks

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