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“You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”
J. R. R. Tolkien
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“The Hobbit”
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1937
“I think if the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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“The Brothers Karamazov”
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1880
“Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.”
Oscar Wilde
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“The Soul of Man under Socialism”
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1891
“The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.”
Thomas Jefferson
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“Notes on the State of Virginia”
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1785
“reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren’t prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets.”
Stephen King
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“On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”
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2000
“No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.”
George Eliot
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“Daniel Deronda”
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1876
“Nothing gives certainty but truth; nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.”
Blaise Pascal
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“Pensées”
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1670
“When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?”
Chuck Palahniuk
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“Invisible Monsters”
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1999
“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone. True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.”
Lao Tzu
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“Tao Te Ching”
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4th century BC
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
George Orwell
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“1984”
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1949
“Deficiency in judgement is properly that which is called stupidity; and for such a failing we know no remedy.”
Immanuel Kant
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“Critique of Pure Reason”
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1791
“Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”
Mark Twain
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“Following the Equator”
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1897
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one”
Thomas Paine
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“Common Sense”
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1776
“The visions we offer our children shape the future.”
Carl Sagan
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“Pale Blue Dot”
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1994
“it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way.”
John Steinbeck
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“East of Eden”
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1952
“the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.”
Sun Tzu
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“The Art of War”
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5th century BC
“Never trust any ruler who puts his faith in tunnels and bunkers and escape routes. The chances are that his heart isn’t in the job.”
Terry Pratchett
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“Guards! Guards!”
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1989
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
Dr. Seuss
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“Oh, The Places You'll Go!”
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1990
“My fellow citizens of the world... ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the Freedom of Man.”
John F. Kennedy
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“Inaugural Address”
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20 January 1961
“I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be...”
Leo Tolstoy
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“Anna Karenina”
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1877
