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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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I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison

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Black History
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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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Ralph Ellison
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Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. – Aldous Huxley

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Knowledge

No wonder lasts over three days. – Proverb

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Knowledge

Throughout the past, there has been a lack of intimacy, affection, and regard for Islam by Christianity. This, to a large extent, has been due to a lack of knowledge of the great human and spiritual ideals for which Islam and the teachings of Islam stand. – Aly Khan

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Knowledge

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. – James Allen

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Knowledge

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People would say you look weak if youre not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be strong youre always supposed to be giving orders. – Georgios A. Papandreou

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Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is… the highway to success. – Og Mandino

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Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then hell escape. – W. H. Auden

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