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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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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

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Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. – Simone Weil

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Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles. – Thomas Carlyle

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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. – Eddie Bernice Johnson

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The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. – Miguel de Unamuno, En Gredos

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