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I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
William Allen White
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William Allen White
Age: 75 †
Born: 1868
Born: February 10
Died: 1944
Died: January 31
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Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today.... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them.
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The more riots that come out of our college campuses, the better the world for tomorrow.
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Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.
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Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America.
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The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
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Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
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Never use the word, 'very.' It is the weakest word in the English language doesn't mean anything. If you feel the urge of 'very' coming on, just write the word, 'damn,' in the place of 'very.' The editor will strike out the word, 'damn,' and you will have a good sentence.
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If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vim and vigor, then there is something wrong with our colleges. The more riots that come on college campuses, the better world for tomorrow.
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Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
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If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.
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Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
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Dip your pen into your arteries and write.
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A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
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