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“Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime.”
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“Consciousness poses the most baffling problems in the science of the mind. There is nothing that we know more intimately than conscious experience, but there is nothing that is harder to explain.”
Source : David J. Chalmers (2010). “The Character of Consciousness”, p.3, Oxford University Press
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“The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.”
Source : Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems: or Invisible things understood by things that are made. Tr. by R. Menzies”, p.46
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“It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.”
Source : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)
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“You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.”
Source : Sheila Kaye-Smith (1930). “Shepherds in Sackcloth”
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“What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!”
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“Sometimes the unexpected does happen. Once, this exquisite woman fell for me. After we made love, she gave me a check for a hundred dollars. I said, "Honey, I don't get paid for sex." She said, "This is hush money."”
