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There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when the principles of experience need to be modified, when hope and trust and instinct claim a share with prudence in the guidance of affairs when, in truth, to dare is the highest wisdom. – William Ellery Channing	added by JokerGem 9 months ago
This idea that only one woman can exist in a space is something that's institutionalized, we wouldn't have this pitting of women against each other if there were multitudes of slots for women to be parts of these spaces. – Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I believe a man is born first unto himself --for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted; some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood; then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers. – D. H. Lawrence	added by anonymous 10 years ago
From Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles looks rather nice, enveloped in a haze of changing colors. Actually, and in spite of all the healthful sunshine and ocean breezes, it is a bad place - full of old, dying people, who were born old of tired pioneer parents, victims of America - full of curious wild and poisonous growths, decadent religious cults and fake science, and wildcat enterprises, which, with their aim for quick profit, are doomed to collapse and drag down multitudes of people. – Louis Adamic	added by anonymous 13 years ago
...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line." – Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) – Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. – George D. Prentice	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I believe a man is born first unto himself-for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers. – D. H. Lawrence	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes one's own. – Elizabeth Elton Smith	added by anonymous 14 years ago

There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when the principles of experience need to be modified, when hope and trust and instinct claim a share with prudence in the guidance of affairs when, in truth, to dare is the highest wisdom.

– William Ellery Channing

added by JokerGem
9 months ago

This idea that only one woman can exist in a space is something that's institutionalized, we wouldn't have this pitting of women against each other if there were multitudes of slots for women to be parts of these spaces.

– Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I believe a man is born first unto himself --for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted; some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood; then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.

– D. H. Lawrence

added by anonymous
10 years ago

From Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles looks rather nice, enveloped in a haze of changing colors. Actually, and in spite of all the healthful sunshine and ocean breezes, it is a bad place - full of old, dying people, who were born old of tired pioneer parents, victims of America - full of curious wild and poisonous growths, decadent religious cults and fake science, and wildcat enterprises, which, with their aim for quick profit, are doomed to collapse and drag down multitudes of people.

– Louis Adamic

added by anonymous
13 years ago

...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line."

– Tom Robbins, _Skinny Legs and All_, 1990, p. 305.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

– Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.

– George D. Prentice

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I believe a man is born first unto himself-for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.

– D. H. Lawrence

added by anonymous
14 years ago

There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes one's own.

– Elizabeth Elton Smith

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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