"We are but a day in this world, and in that day the fashion is changed a thousand times: all seek liberty, yet all deprive themselves of it."
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"Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on."
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"At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists."
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"The Continent will not suffer England to be the workshop of the world."
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"When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world."
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"What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree."
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"Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us."
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"Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!"
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"When the coherence of the parts of a stone, or even that composition of parts which renders it extended; when these familiar objects, I say, are so inexplicable, and contain circumstances so repugnant and contradictory; with what assurance can we decide concerning the origin of worlds, or trace their history from eternity to eternity?"
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"Many people don't know that you don't spend 10 minutes without using a satellite. Or that agriculture is managed from space. Banking, too. The space program is like our airports and highways. It's not a luxury. It's part of the fabric of the modern world."
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"I want to win a World Series. I couldn't care less about MVP."
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"I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world"
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"Futon World - a wonderful place that becomes slowly less comfortable over time."
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"For forty years I have been married to one of the greatest women the world has ever produced. All I could produce - small as it may be - was love and loyalty."
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"Once, when we were discussing a world peace project with my teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, somebody asked him, Where is all the money going to come from? And he replied without hesitation, From wherever it is at the moment."
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"The people who do the most extraordinary things in the world are never "realistic." They're passionate. They trust themselves."
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"How can I create a better world? The more you reflect, the more your life will move into the answer."
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"All experiences are either positive for your brain or negative. If you maximize the positive ones, you are shaping the brain you want to being you the world you want."
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"Our essential nature is pure consciousness, the infinite source of everything that exists in the physical world."
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"Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail."
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