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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and…
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we…
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what…
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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us,…
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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war;…
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to…
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a…
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him…
— Saint Augustine
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The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.
— James A. Baldwin
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I have often had cause to feel that my hands are cleverer than my head. That is a crude way of characterizing…
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For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when…
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It's so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain.
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If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed…
— Jacob Needleman
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I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull…
— George Carlin
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Sun worship is fairly simple. There's no mystery, no miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to…
— George Carlin
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