My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place … - Walter Mosley

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge asgenius, and as much genius as knowledge.

Walter Mosley

My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.

Admitted, America, Confusion, Father, Mistake

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These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything.

Dream, History, Ideas, Mind, Simple, Terms

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Peasant, Peasants, Prince, Reads, Waiting

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

Book, Bookcase, Know, Men, Needs, Tell

Our collective freedom. . . depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

Ability, Freedom, Rights

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

Chance, Good Day, Speak, Wake, Wake Up

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Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed.

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Gioachino Rossini

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge asgenius, and as much genius as knowledge.

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I don't remember what script it was, but at the Monday table read, the [opening] teaser didn't work. We went back and had to think of a new teaser, and [after] four hours, five hours, we weren't landing on anything. And it was probably Glen [Charles] who said, "What are we, cowards?" You had to do it, no matter how long it took.

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Edith Green

I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

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