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Martin Jacques

Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S.

British Journalist

J. K. Rowling

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

English Author

Stacey Abrams

Our ability to participate in government, to elect our leaders and to improve our lives is contingent upon our ability to access the ballot. We know in our heart of hearts that voting is a sacred right - the fount from which all other rights flow.

American Politician

James Surowiecki

The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it's been an archetypal level playing field, on which even sites with little or no money behind them - blogs, say, or Wikipedia - can become influential.

American Journalist

Pope Paul VI

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves.

Italian Clergyman

Todd Young

Indiana's ninth congressional district isn't historically known as a fount of congressional contributions. That said, if you look at my fundraising history, we've succeeded.

Igor Stravinsky

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.

Russian Composer

Sam Walter Foss

Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are.

American Poet

Mel Brooks

But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.

American Comedian

Christopher Marlowe

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

English Dramatist

Often used metaphorically to suggest an abundant supply of something abstract.

Figurative Usage

'Fount' implies the source is positive, plentiful and continuously providing.

Positive Connotation

Using 'fount' can give a statement a literary or elevated tone.

Literary Flair

'Fount' signifies purity or natural quality, often related to water.

Concept of Purity

Less common today, 'fount' carries an old-fashioned or historical air.

Historical Context

Modern usage of 'fount' as a water source is rare and sounds archaic.

Rarity in Usage

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