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David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

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Life of Muhammad

by Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad

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The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader

by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Jo-Ann’s Quotes

“Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.”
― Chris Hedges

tags: violence, war

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“Slavery...dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

tags: slavery

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“When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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“Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on the verge of insanity...edit one more time!”
― CK Webb

tags: ck-webb, editing, insanity, stories, writing

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“I feel as though I have lived many lives, experienced the heights and depths of each and like the waves of the ocean, never known rest. Throughout the years, I looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.”
― Leni Riefenstahl

tags: life, mystery-of-life, reincarnation

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