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Ezra Pound Poet, Critic
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"A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions."

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life."

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"If you’re afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you’re not really fit to advocate for them."

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Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
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"The Chinese had accused the Tibetans of being terrorists, which is weird. A Tibetan terrorist is like an Amish hacker. It just doesn't fit."

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Zora Neale Hurston Novelist, Anthropologist
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"Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them."

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Marcel Proust Novelist
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"At the heart of our friendly or purely social relations, there lurks a hostility momentarily cured but recurring by fits and starts."

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George A. Romero Filmmaker
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"I think zombies would fit in anywhere. You can tell any story, and put zombies in it. I don't know how I'd find the backing, but I think it'd be great to make a zombie gangster movie."

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Frank Herbert Science Fiction Writer
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"Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity."

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