The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
Mary Catherine Bateson
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.
Mary Catherine Bateson
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“Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel.”
| Marcel Achard, Playwright (1899) |
| Harold Acton, Historian (1904) |
| Todd Akin, Politician (1947) |
| Frederick Lewis Allen, Editor (1890) |
| P. T. Barnum, Entertainer (1810) |
| Hollie Cavanagh, Musician (1993) |
| Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Celebrity (1948) |
| Edie Falco, Actress (1963) |
| Shane Filan, Musician (1979) |
| Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman (1882) |
| Wilhelm Backhaus, Musician (1969) |
| Bruce Barton, Author (1967) |
| Charles Fillmore, Educator (1948) |
| James Norman Hall, Author (1951) |
| Kenneth Lay, Businessman (2006) |