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Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.
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The political process consists entirely of politicians talking out of their butts.
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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.
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My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers. Man is born to protect his family, his children, his wife. But I want you to know that apart from armaments, I have written three books in which I try to educate our youth to show respect for their families, for old people, for history.
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I believe that all men, black and brown, and white, are brothers, varying, through Time and Opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and in the possibility of infinite development.
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Pedagogically, we need definitions and borders. They help us get our heads around what we're talking about.
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We do not choose love. It claims each man as it will.
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I looked at everyone and wondered where they came from, and who they missed, and what they were sorry for.
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I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.
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I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children.
