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“A compilation of what outstanding people said or wrote at the age of 20 would make a collection of asinine pronouncements.”
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“The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of mystery and wonder, where duty, discipline, and sacrifice are required-and where the reward is that love which passeth all understanding.”
Source : Russell Kirk (2014). “The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays”, p.275, Open Road Media
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“Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.”
Source : "10 life lessons you should unlearn" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. May 5, 2010.
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“It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.”
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“The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.”
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“The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.”
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“From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.”
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“The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.”