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A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. ↗

— Jean Genet

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Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity. ↗

— Jean Genet

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Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. ↗

— Stanley Kunitz

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Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics. ↗

— David Lloyd George

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Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters. ↗

— Elizabeth George

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I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate. ↗

— Elizabeth George

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That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one. ↗

— Henry George

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Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital. ↗

— Henry George

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