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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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Photographs are of course about their makers, and are to be read for what they disclose in that regard no less than for what they reveal of the world as their makers comprehend, invent, and describe it.
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Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.
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A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
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Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.
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But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.
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Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
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No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
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Karate begins and ends with courtesy.
