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Words may help and silence may help, but the one thing needful is that the heart should turn to its Maker as the needle turns to the pole. For this we must be still.
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I think that I am willing to risk my life in order to have more freedom.
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Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.
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Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe.
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There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling to before the dark currents of memory washed him downstream again, and on brighter days, he could even see himself going on this way for some time. A small but passable life. And then, of course, the end of the world happened.
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Our overvaluation of speed (time here as only money) has robbed us of many things that are at least equally precious.
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A curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it.
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...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness. As Americans, we believe all problems can be solved, that all questions have answers.
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Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
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I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.