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"Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow — which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex."

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Octavio Paz Poet, Essayist
Doe

"Man does not speak because he thinks; he thinks because he speaks. Or rather, speaking is no different than thinking: to speak is to think."

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Karl Kraus Playwright, Journalist
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"If one reads a newspaper only for information, one does not learn the truth, not even the truth about the paper. The truth is that the newspaper is not a statement of contents but the contents themselves; and more than that, it is an instigator."

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
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"[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
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"But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him."

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Richard P. Feynman Physicist
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"I am going to tell you what nature behaves like. If you will simply admit that maybe she does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' ...Nobody knows how it can be like that."

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Laozi Philosopher
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"Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them."

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"It does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls."

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Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
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"Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy."

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Neil Gaiman Author
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"How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave." "Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline. "Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
Doe

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."

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