"I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed."

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Source : William John Wills (1863). “A Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia: From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria”, p.69, London : R. Bentley

William John Wills

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“The picture of Kant as the 'theological Robespierre' or the "world-crusher" was first suggested by someone with whom Kant stood in a relation of philosophical disagreement but also great mutual respect: namely, Moses Mendelssohn.”
“Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it.”

Source : Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1997). “A Mary Wilkins Freeman Reader”, p.132, U of Nebraska Press
“Blues Clues' has been incredibly good to me, and I've been working so hard on it for so long that I take it very personally. I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize what so many kids love. So there's a lot of responsibility there.”
“I don't spend that much time in the studio. When I first started doing music, I was in the studio every day just trying to build my portfolio. But now, even though I haven't totally mastered my craft, I'm at a pretty high level.”
“Probably most of the time I watch children's movies because my kids are on the bus, so it requires them.”
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”

Source : Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.110, Simon and Schuster
“The worst thing an old man can be is a lover.”

Source : Ambrose Philips, Jean Racine, Thomas Otway, Thomas Southern, Nicholas Rowe (1817). “Tragedy of the Distrest Mother Transl. from the Andromaque of Racine, with the Life of the Author by Johnson and a Critique by Richard Cumberland”
“War was my university. Everything has proceeded from there.”

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