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“Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
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“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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“She had learned over time that to know anything was bearable. It was secrecy that could not be borne.”
― Saints for All Occasions
― Saints for All Occasions
“Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.”
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“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar. ”
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