Invariably, knowledge dictates life, liberty, and death, but those who have historically occupied the seats of power not only dictate what is defined as knowledge but also dictate what’s included, what’s excluded, and how it is filtered to society vis-Ã -vis America’s major institutions .....
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Martin Guevara Urbina
Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished.
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I just wish this social institution [religion] wasn't based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isn't true.
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Andy Rooney
The acquiring of intelligence doesn't require an institution if you got the heart to seek knowledge, and the balls to use it as wisely as those who came before you.
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James Emlund
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.
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Keith Richards
More Quotes By V. S. Pritchett
A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.
The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.
Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.
Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.
The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.
