Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is
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The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.
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We look forward to the time when the power to love of will replace the love of power. Then will our
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-- William Wordsworth Personal Pages
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I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it
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Saying that Windows95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and
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In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
-- Albert Einstein Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
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