Quote by Simone Weil
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil

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To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. – Simone Weil

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Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. – Simone Weil

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The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion. – Potter Stewart

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While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed. – Mattie Stepanek

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I think there has been a great deal of valuable revisionism in womens history. – Antonia Fraser

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