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I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. Ana Castillo
Citizen Parents Citizens Looked Obviously American American Citizen American Citizens
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France
Teacher Art Natural Young Minds Only Purpose Curiosity Afterwards Teaching Whole Awakening Satisfying
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. Anatole France
Life Truth Truth Is Sweet Everything Bitter Horrible Charming Delicious Frightful
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. Anatole France
Man Universe Harmony Once Between Existed Wandering Which Original
What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. Anatole France
Conversation Madman Most His Frighten Us Sane
The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. Andre Gide
Trembling Gifted Perhaps Most Also Natures
The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. Andre Gide
Beautiful Madness Most Beautiful Those Writes Most Beautiful Things Reason Things
I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates. Angela Carter
Culture Think Too Our Align Ourselves High Scars Angels Higher Instead Opinion
It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine. Angela Carter
Sunshine Seen Everyone Had Most Democratic California Contract Whether Ever Thing
His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind. Anne Bronte
Heart Sunshine Plant Wind Breath Slightest Finger Touch Like Opens His Up Itself Curls Sensitive Moment Shrinks
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness. Anne Bronte
Death Kindness Man Wife Complain Out Must Wears About Something He She Him Gentleness His Her Grumble
We're frightened of what makes us different. Anne Rice
Makes Frightened Different Us
Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups. Anne Rice
Success Together Writers Outsiders Feel Come Like Because Real Gain Groups
The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply. Anne Rice
Me Vampires Through Vehicles Felt Always Metaphors Been Very Which Express Deeply Things
When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box. Anne Rice
Relationship You Lunch Sexy Put Make Box His Loving Note Sandwiches
Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! Anne Tyler
Amazing Pet Half Think Consider Back Earth Hunters Must Haul Come Most Most Amazing Greatest Cow Chicken Store Mean Us Grocery Grocery Store Pork Pets Ever Here
Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people. Anne Tyler
Myself People Remember Will Think Other Final Final Draft About Until Force How Affect Going Draft
I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way. Anthony Horowitz
Positive Good You People Negative Believe Everybody Negative Way Meet Positive Way Way More Likely Surprise Than Large
Be more ambitious. Do your homework. There's no easy way around this. Anthony McCarten
Homework Way Easy Easy Way More Around Ambitious Your
I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Freedom Mind Know
The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life Me Looking Must Hateful Participant Participate Always Am Been Order Notion
You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language is where the other, parallel violence, the cruelty exercised on the body, originates. Ariel Dorfman
You Humanity Oppression World Language Free Cruelty Other Sideways Hidden Parallel Inside Never Never Forget Look Forget Where Want Body Violence
Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world. Arnold Bennett
Strange World Deliberate Jolly Well Opinion Strange World
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums. Arthur Koestler
War History Man Through Beating Most Drums Sound Persistent Which
You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. Arundhati Roy
Politics You Hypocrisy Congress See Never Know Indulging Terrible Terrible Thing Sort Been Covert Begin Which Communal Realize Fascism Compared Thing Shy
The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting. Arundhati Roy
You Fight Impossible Made Fighting Way Systems Weapons Ability Fact Wits Cunning Iraqis America Anybody Confront Your
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