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“Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find worlds.”
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“Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you mean agnostic? I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one...etc., etc. It's easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal and that it's an opinion I hold seriously.”
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“The personal deportment of Captain Perry, throughout the day, was worthy of all praise. He did not quit his own vessel when she became useless, to retire from the battle, but to gain it; an end that was fully obtained, and an effort which resulted in triumph.”
Source : "History of the Navy of the United States of America". Book by James Fenimore Cooper, 1856.
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“I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing in no need of ethics.”
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“Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.”
Source : Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1998). “The Club Dumas: A Novel”, Vintage
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“He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.”
Source : Steve Smith, Gene Hill (1999). “Just Mutts: A Tribute to the Rogues of Dogdom”, p.93, Willow Creek Press
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“I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.”
