Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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