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“Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.”
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“Most of those evils we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.”
Source : The Prophecy of Famine (1763)
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“Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. Wars are no longer waged by the will of superior men, capable of judging dispassionately and intelligently the causes behind them and the effects flowing out of them. The are now begun by first throwing a mob into a panic; they are ended only when it has spent its ferine fury.”
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“Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.”
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“The Seahawks defense has to go balls deep to win this game.”
Source : "8 Ridiculous Things Jon Gruden Said On Monday Night Football" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. October 29, 2013. 
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“Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. Einstein's reply was "I don't know, why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?”
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“Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements.”
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“A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.”
Source : James Gould Cozzens, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1978). “Just representations: a James Gould Cozzens reader”, Southern Illinois Univ Pr
