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The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said. ↗

— Taye Diggs

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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

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Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely irrepressible. My father made crowd noises into a microphone. ↗

— Annie Dillard

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When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life. ↗

— Annie Dillard

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Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink. ↗

— Barry Diller

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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

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These few dollars you lose here today are going to buy you stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your life; don't make it your last! ↗

— John Dillinger

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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their day. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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