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"When you meet another human being, you meet the physical self, then you meet the psychological self that's behind it, which is their mental conditioning, their patterns of behavior and so on. And then, there is a deeper level to every human being that transcends all of that. I can only sense that in another human being and relate to another human being on that deeper level if I have gone deep enough within myself."
"When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing."
"What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “Oh no, Ron,” came Fred’s voice, very sarcastically. “No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up."
"I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone."
"My brain's gone, my soul's worn and my spirit is torn The rest of my body's still bein operated on."
"I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone."
"Many things have gone wrong with the world that God made and... God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again"
"A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone."
"Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone."
"We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author."
"The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy."
"To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever."
"George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend."
"Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes; wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!"
"I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry."
"I've been afraid every single day of my life, but I've gone ahead and done it anyway."
"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"
"The sun is gone, but I have a light."
"I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that . . ."
"There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground."
