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Quote by Ralph Ellison
The understanding of art depends finally upon ones willingness to

The understanding of art depends finally upon ones willingness to extend ones humanity and ones knowledge of human life. – Ralph Ellison

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By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. – Ralph Ellison

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communication
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. – Ralph Ellison

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relationship
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale. – Ralph Ellison

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Fairy Tales
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. – William Ellery Channing

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Whole areas of knowledge and information have been defined into nonexistence because the system cannot know, understand, control, or measure them. – Anne Wilson Schaef

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We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. – Matt Blunt

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Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it. – Wilhelm Reich

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If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

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When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when Id come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldnt afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier. – Beth Ditto

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