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> [If psychedelics are, on any level, to be taken seriously as catalyzers or expanders of consciousness, then we need them, because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/if-psychedelics-are-on-any-level-to-be-taken-seriously-as-catalyzers/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

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> [Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-diouf/low-income-people-everywhere-will-be-at-risk-of-food-insecurity-due/)

[Jacques Diouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-diouf/)

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> [During the whole 'Jeopardy' experience, I felt like I was living a bit of a double life, I would be secretly flying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-jennings/during-the-whole-jeopardy-experience-i-felt-like-i-was-living-a-bit/)

[Ken Jennings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-jennings/)

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> [If there is an ‘overabundance' of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action -- which there well might be when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-kagan/if-there-is-an-overabundance-of-an-idea-in-the-absence-of-direct/)

[Elena Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-kagan/)

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> [“When the river of emotions bursts its banks and expectations go over the edges of reality, the brain creates hallucinations. Ringxiety-stricken people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-the-river-of-emotions-bursts-its-banks-and-expectations-go-over/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

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> [Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/every-one-knows-that-the-mind-will-not-be-kept-from-contemplating/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

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> [Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marguerite-duras/paradoxically-the-freedom-of-paris-is-associated-with-a-persistent-2/)

[Marguerite Duras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marguerite-duras/)

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> [Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-cousins/silence-must-be-comprehended-as-not-solely-the-absence-of-sound-it-is/)

[Norman Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-cousins/)

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> [That which is true must always remain true, though the applications may change greatly from generation to generation. It is the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-which-is-true-must-always-remain-true-though-the-applications/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The chief requisite for the making of a good chicken pie is chicken; no amount of culinary legerdemain can make up for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sarton/the-chief-requisite-for-the-making-of-a-good-chicken-pie-is-chicken/)

[George Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sarton/)

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> [The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hague/the-appalling-crackdown-that-we-witnessed-in-hama-and-other-syrian/)

[William Hague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hague/)

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> [We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/we-talk-much-more-about-individualism-and-liberty-than-our-ancestors/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/ignorance-is-of-a-peculiar-nature-once-dispelled-it-is-impossible-to-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-best-calculation-is-the-absence-of-calculation-once-you-have/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

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> [I knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-goldsworthy/i-knew-the-tree-when-it-grew-and-the-tree-is-now-gone-the-farmers-cut/)

[Andy Goldsworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-goldsworthy/)

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> [It was no accident that just minutes after Israel became a nation, the United States... became the first nation in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-gohmert/it-was-no-accident-that-just-minutes-after-israel-became-a-nation-the/)

[Louie Gohmert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-gohmert/)

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> [Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joko-beck/enlightenment-is-not-something-you-achieve-it-is-the-absence-of/)

[Joko Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joko-beck/)

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> [Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/three-things-are-necessary-to-make-every-man-great-every-nation/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [You will touch this joy and you will suddenly know it is what you were looking for your whole life, but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/you-will-touch-this-joy-and-you-will-suddenly-know-it-is-what-you/)

[Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/)

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> [There is no such thing as Freedom (though it is the most important condition of human life, after Humility, -which does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berryman/there-is-no-such-thing-as-freedom-though-it-is-the-most-important/)

[John Berryman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berryman/)

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> [With the absence of a flu vaccination last year, I did not take a flu shot; but there is still some immunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/with-the-absence-of-a-flu-vaccination-last-year-i-did-not-take-a-flu/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/i-never-suffered-from-the-absence-of-a-father-on-the-contrary-as-a/)

[Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/)

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> [In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-abbott/in-the-sudden-absence-of-husbands-fathers-brothers-and-beaus-white/)

[Karen Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-abbott/)

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> [When you are alone - at sea, in the polar dark - an absence can keep you alive. The one you love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-michaels/when-you-are-alone-at-sea-in-the-polar-dark-an-absence-can-keep-you/)

[Anne Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-michaels/)

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> [I've been cooking for a nine-year-old and her friends for the better part of seven or eight years. It's how I cook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-ve-been-cooking-for-a-nine-year-old-and-her-friends-for-the-better/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

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> [The risk exists that, with aggregate demand exhibiting considerable momentum, output could overshoot its sustainable path, leading ultimately in the absence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bernanke/the-risk-exists-that-with-aggregate-demand-exhibiting-considerable/)

[Ben Bernanke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bernanke/)

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> [Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/back-in-pre-revolutionary-america-cruel-and-unusual-punishment-meant/)

[Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/)

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> [Class has always been a staple of British comedy. We've always been able to laugh at it. When British shows are translated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-clement/class-has-always-been-a-staple-of-british-comedy-we-ve-always-been/)

Dick Clement

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> [One thing I knew about the novelist’s task: when in doubt, write; when empty, write; when afraid, write. Nothing is more impenetrable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/one-thing-i-knew-about-the-novelist-s-task-when-in-doubt-write-when/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

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> [I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a person's right to know. I believe that in the absence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-brockovich/i-am-an-advocate-for-awareness-the-truth-and-a-person-s-right-to-know/)

[Erin Brockovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-brockovich/)

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> [I think that grief is a profound spiritual, metaphysical, and - oddly - physical reckoning with death, which we don't understand well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-o-rourke/i-think-that-grief-is-a-profound-spiritual-metaphysical-and-oddly/)

[Meghan O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-o-rourke/)

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> [I think that fear of the mob, the expectation that people, particularly poor and nonwhite people become mobs almost automatically in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/i-think-that-fear-of-the-mob-the-expectation-that-people-particularly/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [Your mind creates everything. Your conscious mind has much greater power than you can ever imagine. Your mind can create blessings or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee/your-mind-creates-everything-your-conscious-mind-has-much-greater/)

[Ilchi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilchi-lee/)

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> [I rarely think about my childhood. It's a slippery thing I can't keep hold of for long - it slithers out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-rarely-think-about-my-childhood-it-s-a-slippery-thing-i-can-t-keep/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

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> [Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/aye-well-he-ll-be-wed-a-long-time-he-said-callously-do-him-no-harm-to/)

[Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/)

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> [But in our experience, man is cheap and friendship wants its deep sense. We affect to dwell with our friends in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/but-in-our-experience-man-is-cheap-and-friendship-wants-its-deep/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grosz/in-1916-i-was-discharged-from-military-service-or-rather-given-a-sort/)

[George Grosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grosz/)

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> [The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/the-absence-of-fossil-evidence-for-intermediary-stages-between-major/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/psychic-automatism-in-its-pure-state-by-which-one-proposes-to-express/)

[Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/)

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> [Total depravity means the entire absence of holiness, not the highest intensity of sin. A totally depraved man is not as bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-greenough-thayer-shedd/total-depravity-means-the-entire-absence-of-holiness-not-the-highest/)

[William Greenough Thayer Shedd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-greenough-thayer-shedd/)

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                        "text": "Class has always been a staple of British comedy. We've always been able to laugh at it. When British shows are translated to America, the absence of the equivalent class structure there often causes them to fail. But over here we've always got comic mileage out of it.",
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