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As the corporation's size and power grew, so did the need to assuage people's fears of it. The corporation suffered its first full-blown legitimacy crisis in the wake of the early-twentieth-century merger movement, when, for the first time, many Americans realized that corporations, now turned behemoths, threatened to overwhelm their social institutions and governments.
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Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy.
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We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.
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House' was such a special part of my life.
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Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering?
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It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
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I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.
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I'm trying to be a professional singer. ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change.
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
