"Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most invigorating in their use and inestimable in their worth."

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Source : Elias Lyman Magoon (1849). “Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom”, p.182

Elias Lyman Magoon

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“I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.”
“the worst wars are religious wars between sects of the same religion or civil wars between brothers of the same race.”
“I have got five minutes, some whip-its, and the key to the executive bathroom.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I do not think we will see a stateless society in my lifetime. But I am sure we will not see a state that conforms to the minarchists' ideals. The closer we get, the better, but I see no reason not to aspire for the best government as Thoreau imagined it: none at all. It's certainly more consistently idealistic than what the minarchists imagine, and yet it's at least possible, whereas the existence of a lasting, minimal state is a hopeless fantasy.”
“As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?”
“[Ginsburg's] feminism was very sweeping and very ambitious and very consistent. Justice O'Connor had a more case-by-case, pragmatic approach to her feminism. They were not entirely the same, [but] I think that they shared the most important thing, which is the belief that they were worthy and that therefore other women were worthy.”
“Bend over to the front touch toes Back dat ***** up and down and get low (get low)”
“Fate is something you believe in when things are not going well. When they are, you forget it.”

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