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Quote by Irving Babbitt

“The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.”

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Irving Babbitt was an American scholar and critic known for his profound insights into literature and culture. His works spanned various fields including literary criticism, moral philosophy, and literary theory. more

“It's weird because when you initially write a song, you write it with no understanding that the world is maybe going to hear it one day. So when you go into the studio, you don't see the hundreds of people at a gig or the viewers on TV, you just write a song without any inhibitions or boundaries.”

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Author:Jessie J

“When knowledge becomes formulated into a science, then it does take on a life of it's own, often alien to the human spirit that conceived it.”

Humans Doe Spirit Aliens Human Spirit

Book:Frankenstein Unbound

Source: Frankenstein Unbound

“Your mind's always juggling, isn't it?-mirrors, torches, plates.”

Mind Mirrors Plates Torches Juggling

Book:The Illustrated Man

Source: The Illustrated Man

“Besides, when you say you're a feminist it annoys the bigots and the old farts and the prissy ladies so much, it's kind of irresistible.”

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Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

“Thousands of people know my flannel knickers, and though I know this may seem flirtatious, it is not. I am a saint.”

People Knows May Seems Saint Flannels Knickers Flirtatious

Author:Leonora Carrington

“A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while: to perform the given task or, instead, to figure some way out of it.”

Way Firsts Given Figures Smart Tasks Machines Worth It

Book:The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

Source: The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

“An equation is a prophecy that always comes true.”

Prophecy Equations

Book:The Boy Who Lost Fairyland

Source: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland

“Even a paranoid clock is being followed twice a day.”

Clock Paranoid

Author:Dan Wells

“For eight years I was an inmate in a state asylum for the insane. During those years I passed through such unbearable terror that I deteriorated into a wild, frightened creature intent only on survival. And I survived. I was raped by orderlies, gnawed on by rats and poisoned by tainted food. I was chained in padded cells, strapped into strait-jackets and half-drowned in ice baths. And I survived. The asylum itself was a steel trap, and I was not released from its jaws alive and victorious. I crawled out mutilated, whimpering and terribly alone. But I did survive.”

“The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.”

Believe Knowing

Author:Neal Shusterman

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