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"There are three sorts of people: those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea." Did Aristotle really say this?

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"It might be for years, and it might be for ever," - What is the original novel this quote appeared in?

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Understanding "If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is."

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What is the source of the quote "Robust grass endures mighty winds..."?

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Who said something like: "I'm an atheist; but it's the Christian God in whom I don't believe"?

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Did Mark Twain say the two most important days of our life are the day we're born and the day we find out why?

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Did Dorothy Parker really say Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged should be thrown with great force?

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Where did Jacques tell this story of how the mole accent was from truck-driving through Somerset?

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What are the lines in the Bhagavad Gita that Sandip is alluding to?

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Did Gertrude Stein see her work as an excess of consciousness?

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What is the source of Hannah Arendt's quote about Les Mots by Sartre?

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Aslan as an alternative version of Jesus as the form in which he may have appeared in an alternative reality?

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Who said "Poetry is the art of giving different names to the same thing"?

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"There are three sorts of people: those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea." Did Aristotle really say this?

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Understanding "If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is."

What is the source of the quote "Robust grass endures mighty winds..."?

Who said something like: "I'm an atheist; but it's the Christian God in whom I don't believe"?

Did Mark Twain say the two most important days of our life are the day we're born and the day we find out why?

Did Dorothy Parker really say Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged should be thrown with great force?

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What is the source of Hannah Arendt's quote about Les Mots by Sartre?

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