"Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“This is the pleasantest part of life. Oblivion throws her light coverlet over our infancy; and, soon after we are out of the cradle we forget how soundly we had been slumbering, and how delightful were our dreams. Toil and pleasure contend for us almost the instant we rise from it: and weariness follows whichever has carried us away. We stop awhile, look around us, wonder to find we have completed the circle of existence, fold our arms, and fall asleep again.”
“Would you respect a God you could comprehend? And yet very often thatÂ’s what we want - a God who reflects our culture, our biases, our economic, political, and military systems.”
“I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.”
“To realize lasting peace and sustainable development in human society, members of the international community have to cooperate with one another fully and make concerted efforts.”
“Moonflowers blossom in the sand hills before dawn, just as I followed him.”
“What is stronger, fear or hope?”
“To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.”
“You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude.”

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