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Quotes by American Authors
"There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before."
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"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites."
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"Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality."
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"We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction."
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"A man is what he thinks about all day long."
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"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."
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"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."
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"We must believe in free will, we have no choice."
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"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
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"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
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"We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense."
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"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
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"Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it."
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"His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours."
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"When people are like each other they tend to like each other."
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"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."
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"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
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"You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you."
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"Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information."
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"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
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"You must never throw away things that are worth good money."
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"Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture."
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"Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool."
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"The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests."
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"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."
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"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old."
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"For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad."
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"You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough."
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"No clergyman however brilliant, no evangelist no matter how eloquent or compelling, can bring about the revival we need. Only the Holy Spirit can do this."
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"Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans."
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"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
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"Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it also forces you to be more particular. In so many ways, you become more adamant about finding that right person and not allowing yourself to open up to just anybody."
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"All real education is the architecture of the soul."
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"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
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"Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike."
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"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
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"To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by."
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