"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."
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"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."
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"The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity."
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"The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall."
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"Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it's - I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house."
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"The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world."
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"What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?"
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"The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us."
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"What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it."
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"I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once, poking up through the hardpan, I see the top of a chimney. I know there's a house under there, and I'm pretty sure that I can dig it up if I want. That's how I feel. It's like the stories are already there. What they pay me for is the leap of faith that says: 'If I sit down and do this, everything will come out okay.'"
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"I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses."
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"When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'"
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"My friend Sam has one leg. I went to his house. I couldn't go up the stairs."
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"Yes, actually I was pretty amazed by the amount of stuff my parents put up with while I was living in their house. They had experienced all that before with older brothers and sisters, so it was fairly strict. The fear-of-God thing was pretty set and I blindly followed it until I reached a certain age. Then I just began questioning my belief system."
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"Love is the house of God and you are living in that house."
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"Just — just to be clear,” he said. “You want to leave Tonks at her parents’ house and come away with us?” “She’ll be perfectly safe there, they’ll look after her,” said Lupin. He spoke with a finality bordering on indifference. “Harry, I’m sure James would have wanted me to stick with you.” “Well,” said Harry slowly, “I’m not. I’m pretty sure my father would have wanted to know why you aren’t sticking with your own kid, actually."
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"I drink a lot of water and I never leave the house without putting on moisturizer and lip gloss."
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"Spinach and champagne. Going back to the kitchens at the old Waldorf. Dancing on the kitchen tables, wearing the chef's headgear. Finally, a crash and being escorted out by the house detectives."
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"It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely."
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"I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance and all of that."
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