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I saw the dead without really seeing them.


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We revolutionaries acknowledge the right to revolution when we see that the situation is no longer tolerable, that it has become a frozen. Then we have the right to overthrow it.

We revolutionaries acknowledge the right to revolution when we see that the situation is no longer tolerable, that it has become a frozen. Then we have the right to overthrow it.



Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?

Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother?



And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity.

And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity.



I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.

I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean.



In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service.

In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service.



Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.

Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.



The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized.

The working class will not halt until socialism has been realized.



The revolution is like a vessel filled with the pulsating heartbeat of millions of working people.

The revolution is like a vessel filled with the pulsating heartbeat of millions of working people.



Slogans which deafened us so that we could not hear the truth.

Slogans which deafened us so that we could not hear the truth.



As a rule, people are afraid of truth. Each truth we discover in nature or social life, destroys the crutches on which we need to lean.

As a rule, people are afraid of truth. Each truth we discover in nature or social life, destroys the crutches on which we need to lean.





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It is very difficult for those always in the spotlight who have constant pressure on them where there is however but a tiny window of freedom if your fortunate enough not to dream." -Julian Quintero




I don't want to be constantly associated with tragedy. I think I'd like to be associated with the idea of 'hope'.

I don't want to be constantly associated with tragedy. I think I'd like to be associated with the idea of 'hope'.



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To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.



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If your life works, and you work in it, then it’s okay, whatever is happening is okay.



I just refer to myself as being Spirit, Mind and Body like everybody else and working toward the mastery of my natural divinity and the healing of my emotional mind.

I just refer to myself as being Spirit, Mind and Body like everybody else and working toward the mastery of my natural divinity and the healing of my emotional mind.



I will never forget Oprah's [Winfrey] major contribution to my success by having me perform on her show (March '91) and introducing me as, "the voice that brought her out of the shower!"

I will never forget Oprah's [Winfrey] major contribution to my success by having me perform on her show (March '91) and introducing me as, "the voice that brought her out of the shower!"



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People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.



Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral pretext.

Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral pretext.




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