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Only in England is the perversion of language regarded as a victory for democracy.


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The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.



It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.



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...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.



To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.

To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.



I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.

I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.



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Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?



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Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?



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Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.





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When building sand castles on the beach, we can ignore the waves but should watch the tide.



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Always count your blessings. Be thankful you are able to be out on a beautiful course. Most people in the world don't have that opportunity.



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Ah, trouble, trouble, there are the two different kinds ... there's the one you give and the other you take.



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The body is some kind of image of you, it's kind of something that's just attached to your soul, some kind of outside principle, which doesn't really represent who you really are.



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I really think there is a certain destiny in my life to lead people.



There's just something about Highbury that is difficult to describe. When you first arrive, you hardly see the stadium and wonder where it is but then you find it between two blocks of flats

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