"Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing."
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"[David] Bowie's last album "Blackstar" featured him backed by a jazz quartet."
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"When telling a story about how wasted you were last night, stop."
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"He got right down in the dark between heartbeats, and rested there. And then he saw that another one wasn't going to come. That's it. That's the last. He looked at the dark. I would like to take this opportunity, he said, to pray for another human being."
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"you might not be the first person l kissed, but you will be the last' Jamie to Claire in Outlander (not word perfect)"
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"Consequently there is a need for spiritual vitality. What protection is there against the danger of organisation? Man is once more faced with the problem of himself. He can cope with every danger except the danger of human nature itself. In the last resort it all turns upon man."
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"Only the impossible lasts forever."
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"So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship."
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"I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!"
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"The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect."
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"When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource."
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"One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending."
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"The spiritual sense of our place in nature... can be traced to the origins of human civilization... The last vestige of organized goddess worship was eliminated by Christianity."
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"The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark."
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"I don't get facials. The last time I got a facial was when I first started modeling when I was 15 or 16. It made my face completely break out."
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"I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last."
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"Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace."
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"The effects of mescalin or LSD can be, in some respects, far more satisfying than those of alcohol. To begin with, they last longer; they also leave behind no hangover, and leave the mental faculties clear and unimpaired. They stimulate the faculties and produce the ideal ground for a peak experience."
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"I died last night. Seventy years too young."
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"Marijuana plants were found near bin Laden's compound, which explains why bin Laden's last words were, 'Dude... '"
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