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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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We think in generalities, but we live in detail. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

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Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. ↗

— John Whitehead

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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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He considers me just a uterus with legs. ↗

— Mary Beth Whitehead

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