"His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere."
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"No writer, painter, or actor - no artist - is ever handed a sharp knife (although a few people are handed almighty big ones; the name we give to the artist with the big knife is 'genius'), and we hone with varying degrees of zeal and aptitude."
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"Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy."
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"If Jesus Christ was not perfect, then the religion bearing his name falls to the ground."
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"Space-time-causation, or name-and-form, is what is called Maya."
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"I have no name for what circles so perfectly."
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"Lo, for I to myself am unknown, now in God's name what must I do?"
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"I have let things slip, a thirty-year~old cargo boat Stubbornly hanging on to my name and address."
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"By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness."
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"For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself."
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"The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name."
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"Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States."
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"No sacrifice is worth the name unless it is a joy. Sacrifice and a long face go ill together. Sacrifice is 'making sacred'. He must be a poor specimen of humanity who is in need of sympathy for his sacrifice."
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"When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'."
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"When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!"
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"Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards."
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"You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend."
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"What is love?” “I don’t know.” “Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit houses, gardens, or rooms; or whenever he watches her sitting in tea gardens and restaurants, and at dinner tables.” “Hmmm … that’s a lovely answer,~ But isn’t love what you feel when you can’t see me?” “Under those circumstances, it becomes a terrible obsession, an illness."
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"I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book."
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"I normally don't love green juices, but Body & Eden makes theirs tasty by blending ingredients like avocado and banana with the usual suspects like kale and spinach. Delicious as they are, they're low calorie, and the drink names are catchy: I Have Balance, I Have Energy, and my favorite, I Have Calm."
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