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I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong. — Salman Rushdie
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. — Bernard Berenson
Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else - an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is… — Georges Bataille
The human soul has need of security and also of risk. The fear of violence or of hunger or of any other extreme evil is… — Simone Weil
It is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively as state legislators or others in government, to make such personal decisions for someone… — Sarah Weddington
A complete assemblage of the smallest facts of human history will tell in the end. — J. B. Bury
Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion,… — Laozi
For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux Paris photographic plates,… — Eugene Atget
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding… — Shirley Chisholm
There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure. — Edward Abbey
If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes. — Edward Abbey
Man was created to complete the horse. — Edward Abbey
You never can tell, though, with suicide notes, can you? In the planetary aggregate of all life, there are many more suicide notes than there… — Martin Amis
I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that? — Richard Marx
It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they might not have chosen the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain… — Alexander Hamilton
If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life. — Ray Bradbury
The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for… — John Hume
The white manâ€™s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. — Ida B. Wells
At present we educate people only up to the point where they can earn a living and marry; then education ceases altogether, as though a… — Carl Jung

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