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We were interested in how we lived every day, not just going out to a demonstration, not just voting, and not just writing letters.

— Juanita Morrow Nelson

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Of what does freedom of the human spirit consist, that quality on which I place so much stress?

A Matter of Freedom (1988)

My respect and admiration for Gandhi, though not uncritical, was deep.

A Matter of Freedom (1988)

Efficiency can in no way supplant morality.

A Matter of Freedom (1988)

I balk at the notion of contributing so directly to making atomic hash of others and perhaps of my own wonderful self.

A Matter of Freedom (1988)

I would not do anything, only suffer what was done to me.

A Matter of Freedom (1988)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

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The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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