Tag: Mark Twain
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6 Great Quotes About Censorship
“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” Mark Twain “My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number,…
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain
“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” Paul Fussell **A question: Does anyone know who this painting…
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“A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” Sidney Sheldon
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write. – Somerset Maugham Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use. – Mark Twain Most of the basic material a writer works with…
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Heaven On Earth/Women, the Vote and Mark Twain
“I think it will suggest to more than one man that if women could vote they would vote on the side of morality, even if they did vote and speak rather frantically and furiously; and it will also suggest that when the women once made up their minds that it was not good to have…
Author Adrienne Morris 