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In saying no to progress, it is not the future which they condemn, but themselves. They give themselves a melancholy disease; they inoculate themselves with the past. There is but one way of refusing tomorrow, that is to die.

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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.

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The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.

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Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.

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Giving calls for genius.

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I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

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Man has always desired power. Ownership of property gives this power. Man hankers also after posthumous fame based on power.

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Everyday God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy.

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I was able to adjust initially by plunging right into the book and the Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University. And it turns out that there is a good way to make a living by giving speeches.

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When hecklers stand up, I get a mental jump for joy. It gives me something to get my teeth into - and the audiences love it.

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Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required.

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To move forward you have to give back.

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Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages.

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To go out of your mind once a day is tremendously important, because by going out of your mind you come to your senses. And if you stay in your mind all of the time, you are over rational, in other words you are like a very rigid bridge which because it has no give; no craziness in it, is going to be blown down by the first hurricane.

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He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.

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Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

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You have a gift that only you can give the world - that's the whole reason you're on the planet. Use your precious energy to build a magnificent life that really is attainable. The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day.

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[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.

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The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due.

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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!

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