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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without
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-- Anonymous "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
-- G. K. Chesterton Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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Realism is a corruption of reality.
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If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.
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-- Dave Barry This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises,
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-- Isaac B. Singer Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
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-- Oscar Wilde He who laughs, lasts.
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that men don't mature. So you might as well marry a younger one.
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That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been
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don't."
-- Ernest Rutherford We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.
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