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Lewis Hyde Author
World

"For the slow labor of realizing a potential gift the artist must retreat to those Bohemias, halfway between the slums and the library, where life is not counted by the clock and where the talented may be sure they will be ignored until that time, if it ever comes, when their gifts are viable enough to be set free and survive in the world."

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist
World

"The New World's sons from England's breast we drew Such milk as bids remember whence we came, Proud of her past wherefrom our future grew, This window we inscribe with Raleigh's fame."

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James Taylor Singer-Songwriter
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"Maybe my biggest aim is to bring a sense of that old mystery of rock 'n' roll into the new age of today's instantaneous and fast world."

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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
World

"The Internet, the camera cellphone and the like have not only sped up the world's information uptake, but they have cheapened that which they capture."

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Henry Sy Businessman
World

"SM Seaside City Cebu: soon to be the Philippines' Largest Mall and the 4th Largest in the World"

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Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician
World

"and yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had love and been loved back. she was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. a mother. a person of consequence at last."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
World

"Two days overdue, THE WORLD'S WORK has not reached me. Pray make a note of this. I would rather not have to resort to violence."

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