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Quote by Jean Genet
A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dr

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. – Jean Genet

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Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet

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History
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Jean Genet
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I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty – a sunken beauty. – Jean Genet

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Beauty
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What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesnt see Negroes hanging from its branches. – Jean Genet

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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come. – Victor Hugo

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New Years Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. – James Agate

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I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I cant just be the girl who sang I Kissed a Girl. I have to leave a legacy. – Katy Perry

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Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity. – Billy Sunday

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