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Revolution is not a onetime event.

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...I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and to share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the inten...

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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge ac...

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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

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Art is not living. It is the use of living.

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For women ... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of light within which we can predicate ou...

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Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded...

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This could be the day. I could slip anchor and wander...

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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

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Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

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Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

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I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

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Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.

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The truth, I am convinced, is that there is no longer a poetical audience among the higher class of minds, that moral, political, and physical science have entirely withdrawn from poetry the attention of all whose attention is worth having; and that the poetical reading public being composed of the mere dregs of the intellectual community, the most sufficing passport to their favour must rest on the mixture of a little easily-intelligible portion of mawkish sentiment with an absolute negation of reason and knowledge.

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