I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
—Lorraine Hansberry, 1965
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965Death from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.
—Guy R. Williams, 1975I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
—Gore Vidal, 1973Slang is as old as speech and the congregating together of people in cities. It is the result of crowding and excitement and artificial life.
—John Camden Hotten, 1859These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
—Albert Camus, c. 1940Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one’s conquests.
—Louisa May Alcott, 1866As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.
—David Sedaris, 1997The right to the pursuit of happiness is nothing else than the right to disillusionment phrased in another way.
—Aldous Huxley, 1956There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BC