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And Then She Fell

by Alicia Elliott (Goodreads Author)

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Valancy’s Quotes

“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”
― William Morris

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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

tags: interior-decorators

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“The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.”
― Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

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“...I do not want art for a few; any more than education for a few; or freedom for a few... ”
― William Morris

tags: art, arts-crafts-movement, democracy

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“Mastery of language affords remarkable power.”
― Frantz Fanon

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