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Vladimir Nabokov193
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor 1899–1977Related quotes
James Joyce book A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Source: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
Source: Vamps and Tramps (1994), "No Law in the Arena: A Pagan Theory of Sexuality", p. 51
Context: Campus speech codes, that folly of the navel-gazing left, have increased the appeal of the right. Ideas must confront ideas. When hurt feelings and bruised egos are more important than the unfettered life of the mind, the universities have committed suicide.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1860s, Fourth of July Address to Congress (1861)
“If you only utter a single prayer in this life let it be Thanks, with all your heart”
Michael Elmore-Meegan (1959) British humanitarian
All Will be Well (2004)
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) Marxist revolutionary from Russia
Trotsky's Testament (1940)
Context: Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.
Benjamin R. Barber (1939–2017) US political scientist
Source: An Aristocracy of Everyone (1992), p. 26