Quote by Susan Sontag
The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possib

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. – Susan Sontag

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Volume depends precisely on the writers having been able to sit in a room every day, year after year, alone. – Susan Sontag

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alone
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A familys photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. – Susan Sontag

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Family
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. – David Brin

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each mans life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Im a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I dont understand why in America its such a big deal that we wont read the Koran and we wont look at history. – Pat Robertson

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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. – John F. Kennedy

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Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. – Mother Theresa

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment. – Robert Collier

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power

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? – James Thurber

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