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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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Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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Knowledge

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief. – Immanuel Kant

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Knowledge

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other mens candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. – Jane Porter

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Knowledge

You dont need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles – events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily. – Harry Browne

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Knowledge

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Intuition is what tells a wife her husband has done wrong before he thinks of doing it. – Source Unknown

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Intuition

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle. – Martin Scorsese

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Money

Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Moderation

For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, thats longer than most marriages. – David Fincher

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Romantic