Love is two people mutually feeding each other, not one living on the soul of the other like a ghoul.

Bessie Head

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Nature of love Love

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Sello

Author

Bessie Head

Source

A Question of Power

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Writer

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South Africa Africa

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Citation

Head, Bessie. A Question of Power. Davis-Poynter, 1973, pt. 1.

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I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the President. That's the answer to that. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.

Harry Truman

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American politics
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Harry Truman
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
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Truman, Harry S. Quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, written by Merle Miller. Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1974, ch. 24.

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All you need is love.

The Beatles

All You Need Is Love

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Love
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The Beatles
Source
All You Need Is Love
Medium
Song
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. All You Need Is Love. Performed by The Beatles. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

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Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

Leo Tolstoy

What Is Art?

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Purpose of art

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Leo Tolstoy
Source
What Is Art?
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What is Art? London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

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Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 1996.