"And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered."
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"I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you."
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"In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this rate, with the population doubling every 40 years, by 2600 we would all be standing literally shoulder to shoulder."
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"First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead"
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"A person's life consists of a collection of events, the last of which could also change the meaning of the whole, not because it counts more than the previous ones but because once they are included in a life, events are arranged in an order that is not chronological but, rather, corresponds to an inner architecture."
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"As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises."
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"I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them into his Holy keeping."
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"In the mind there is no absolute or free will; but the mind is determined to wish this or that by a cause, which has also been determined by another cause, and this last by another cause, and so on to infinity."
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"The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare."
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"Nobody's taller than the last man standing"
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"The Last Argument of Kings."
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"Religion is the last refuge of human savagery."
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"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
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"In the last analysis, luck comes only to the well prepared."
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"Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse and regret cannot compensate for sin....though sins can be forgiven immediately - the consequences can last a lifetime"
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"A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last."
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"Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last."
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"We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see."
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"I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp."
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"Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life."
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