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There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.


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Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.



Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.



There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.



Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.



Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.



Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.



It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?



Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.



Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.



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We just keep trying to beat every show with the funny stick until it's funny



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If you put everything, your heart and soul into a campaign, it might take you a while to come around to the realization that, you know, another person has won.

If you put everything, your heart and soul into a campaign, it might take you a while to come around to the realization that, you know, another person has won.



Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.



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I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.



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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.



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Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.




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