"In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment."
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"Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything."
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"Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see."
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"I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia."
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"I'm not sayin I'm a pothead, cause I'm not. I'm just sayin that I smoke a lot."
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"I consider the coke a major cause. Of course, you could also make the argument that because cocaine speeds up the heart, it's good for you."
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"It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause."
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"Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain."
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"What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the willso fo the masses transferred to one person? On condition that the person express the will of the whole people. That is, power is power. That is, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand."
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"At the peak of the so-called great success of neoliberal economics, in 2007, right before the crash, non-supervisory workers were at wages considerably lower than in 1979, when the neoliberal assault was taking off. That perfectly naturally causes resentment and fear, and combines with a tendency to blame the most vulnerable."
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"Lust is the cause of generation."
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"You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect."
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"You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause."
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"It is the good war that hallows every cause."
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"No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny."
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"A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes."
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"Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated."
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"It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of human ity."
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"Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it."
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"The craving to become causes fears; to be, to achieve, and so to depend engenders fear."
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