We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. … - Jacqueline Carey - Quotesmemo.com

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Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaul's research is extraordinary; his writing is taut, elegant, and insightful; and he captures both the hilarity and pain that made Richard Pryor such a towering figure.

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Jacqueline Carey

We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen.

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Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

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All knowledge is worth having

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There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

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The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

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We are all these things [. . . ]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty. . . and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.

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Debby Applegate

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Becoming Richard Pryor is a compulsively readable book that sets a new gold standard for American biography. Scott Scaul's research is extraordinary; his writing is taut, elegant, and insightful; and he captures both the hilarity and pain that made Richard Pryor such a towering figure.

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Daniel Dennett

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There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.

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Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth.

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When we consider propaganda as the attempt to shape the thoughts and feelings of others, in ways conforming to the aims of the communicator, we find a vast array of different examples throughout history.

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