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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

Other quotes by Ralph Ellison

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

Category:
Black History
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Ralph Ellison
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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

Category:
Fairy Tales
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Ralph Ellison
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Knowledge
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. – Lord Chesterfield

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Knowledge

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. – Princess Diana

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Knowledge

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening. – Henning Mankell

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Knowledge

All men by nature desire knowledge. – Aristotle

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Knowledge

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The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. – Erma Bombeck

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Two things only the people desire: bread, and the circus games. – Juvenal

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Bread

When you tell your own fairy tale, you create your own magic. – Terri Guillemets, “Once Upon a Now,” 2004

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Fairy Tales

Complexity creates a maze between you and success. Simplicity ensures a clear line of sight. – Lee J. Colan

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Simplicity