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“I am 39 years old, and I still wake up every morning really excited I don't have to go to school.”

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Sarah Silverman, born on December 1, 1970, is a renowned American comedian, writer, and director. Known for her unique sense of humor and sharp wit, she has gained widespread popularity with her satirical and self-deprecating style. more

“Our freedom must be buttressed by a homogeny equally and unchallengeably free, no matter what color they are, so that all the other inimical forces everywhere -- systems political or religious or racial or national -- will not just respect us because we practice freedom, they will fear us because we do.”

Matter Political Force Religious Practice Color No Matter What

Book:Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

Source: Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

“The mind of a generation is its speech. A writer makes aspects of that speech enduring by putting them in print. He whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation. That's history. A writer who writes straight is the architect of history.”

Writing Mind Today Form Generations Tomorrow Speech Aspect Endure Phrases Print Architect

Book:John Dos Passos: the major nonfictional prose

Source: John Dos Passos: the major nonfictional prose

“I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do”

People Thinking Hate Actors I Hate

Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“It was amusement enough to be with a group of fearless and talkative girls, who said new things in a new language, who were ignorant of tradition and unimpressed by distinctions of rank; but it was soon clear that their young hostesses must be treated with the same respect, if not with the same ceremony as English girls of good family.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

“Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came to her the grave surprise of motherhood.”

Self Conscious Surprise Charity Motherhood Graves Disgusting Frightening Distress Vague

Book:Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

“Beauty (was)a gift which, in the eyes of New York, justified every success, and excused a certain number of failings.”

Eye Certain Numbers Failing New York Justified

Book:Edith Wharton The Dover Reader

Source: Edith Wharton The Dover Reader

“The value of books is proportionate to what may be called their plasticity -- their quality of being all things to all men, of being diversely moulded by the impact of fresh forms of thought.”

Men May Book Form Values Quality All Things Impact Plasticity

Book:Summer

Source: Summer

“Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.”

Ifs Kind Littles Hard Done Cutting Future Corruption Honestly Flight Fancy Guts Chickens Interpretation Invites Hacking Fowl

Author:Ian Hacking

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