"Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you."
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"I want knowledge. Not belief. Not surmise. But knowledge. I want God to put out His hand, show His face, speak to me."
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"Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed."
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"Man is man because he chanced to develop intelligence instead of instinct; otherwise he would to this day have remained among the anthropoid apes. He has turned away from nature, become unnatural, as it were, disliked the earth upon which he found himself, and changed the face of it somewhat to his liking."
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"Why do you hunger for length of days? The point of life is to follow reason and the divine spirit and to accept whatever nature sends you. To live in this way is not to fear death, but to hold it in contempt. Death is only a thing of terror for those unable to live in the present. Pass on your way, then, with a smiling face, under the smile of him who bids you go"
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"She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But there was something in her face that was meant for me alone. Everytime we met, I took a good look at her. And loved what I saw."
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"Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me."
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"I acquired that drinker's face before I drank. Drink only confirmed it. The space for it existed in me."
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"The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment."
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"Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face."
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"The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth."
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"The True conservative seeks to protect the system of private property and free enterprise by correcting such injustices and inequalities as arise from it. The most serious threat to our institutions comes from those who refuse to face the need for change. Liberalism becomes the protection for the far-sighted conservative."
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"The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this in the face of endless discouragements."
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"But the thing that I saw in your face no power can disinherit: No bomb that ever burst shatters the crystal spirit."
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"...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early"
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"Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love."
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"I turned my face more exclusively than ever to the woods, where I was better known."
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"He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man."
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"And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more."
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"We ought to face our destiny with courage."
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