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Very softly, but very swiftly, Last, the man with the grey face and the staring eyes, bolted for his life, down and…
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For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to…
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Here then is the pattern in my carpet, the sense of the eternal mysteries, the eternal beauty hidden beneath the crust of…
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If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to…
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It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams -…
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It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a forbidden manner.…
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Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a…
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The saint endeavors to recover a gift which he has lost; the sinner tries to obtain something which was never his. In…
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For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to be gained…
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Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery.
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It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.
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In every grain of wheat there lies hidden the soul of a star.
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I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.
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When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing…
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Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of…
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Women have been doing very, very strange things for centuries. I mean ancient Egyptians were already doing that, but I don't necessarily…
— Cate Blanchett
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For nothing so much disturbs the mind, though it be done for some beneficial purpose, as to innovate and introduce strange things,…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I don't have this crazy dream about going to Hollywood, because I really love to watch movies and do movies that are…
— Noomi Rapace
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Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number;…
— Patrick Henry
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Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning…
— Bob Dylan
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Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself…
— Lleyton Hewitt
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I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me.
— Mitt Romney
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One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them.
— Lars von Trier
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