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A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.
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I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?
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Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.
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King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.
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To conquer death you only have to die.
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The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.
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Do not give way to lowness while you are young. Rise up on the strength of God and resolve to conquer.
