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"Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."
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Elias Canetti

"Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."

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"Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence."
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Elias Canetti

"Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence."

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"Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf."
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Elias Canetti

"Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf."

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"Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true."
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Elias Canetti

"Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true."

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"The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."
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Elias Canetti

"The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."

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"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."
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Elias Canetti

"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."

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"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."
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Elias Canetti

"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."

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"The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand."
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Elias Canetti

"The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand."

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"There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight."
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Elias Canetti

"There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight."

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"There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth."
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Elias Canetti

"There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth."

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"There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange."
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Elias Canetti

"There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange."

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"Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."
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Elias Canetti

"Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."

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"Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim."
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Elias Canetti

"Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim."

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"Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently."
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Elias Canetti

"Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently."

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"When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about."
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Elias Canetti

"When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about."

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"Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."
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Elias Canetti

"Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."

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"A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice."
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Elias Canetti

"A "modern" man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice."

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"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."
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Elias Canetti

"All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."

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"Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?"
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Elias Canetti

"Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?"

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"He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it."
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Elias Canetti

"He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it."

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"His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations."
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Elias Canetti

"His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations."

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"It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes."
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Elias Canetti

"It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes."

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"The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation."
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Elias Canetti

"The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation."

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"Most religions do not make men better, only warier."
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Elias Canetti

"Most religions do not make men better, only warier."

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"One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it."
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Elias Canetti

"One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it."

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"People's fates are simplified by their names."
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Elias Canetti

"People's fates are simplified by their names."

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"One should use praise to recognize what one is not."
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Elias Canetti

"One should use praise to recognize what one is not."

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"Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves."
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Elias Canetti

"Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves."

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"People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation."
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Elias Canetti

"People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation."

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"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."
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Elias Canetti

"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."

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"A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own."
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George Canning

"A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own."

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"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"
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George Canning

"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"

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"I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old."
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George Canning

"I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old."

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"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth."
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George Canning

"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth."

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"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."
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George Canning

"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."

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"Indecision and delays are the parents of failure."
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George Canning

"Indecision and delays are the parents of failure."

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"Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible."
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Chris Cannon

"Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible."

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"Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America."
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Chris Cannon

"Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America."

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"Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control."
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Chris Cannon

"Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control."

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"The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement."
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Chris Cannon

"The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement."

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"The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and ideas. It is essential that we keep that spring flowing. We must not thwart the Internet's availability by taxing access to it."
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Chris Cannon

"The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and ideas. It is essential that we keep that spring flowing. We must not thwart the Internet's availability by taxing access to it."

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"The art of politics is knowing what to do next."
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James P. Cannon

"The art of politics is knowing what to do next."

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"No strike could ever be won with a Communist at its head since the employers would make victory impossible."
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James P. Cannon

"No strike could ever be won with a Communist at its head since the employers would make victory impossible."

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"A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set."
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Jimmy Cannon

"A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set."

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"Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected."
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Jimmy Cannon

"Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected."

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"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."
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Jimmy Cannon

"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."

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"I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas."
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Jimmy Cannon

"I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas."

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"In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail."
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Joseph Cannon

"In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail."

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"Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons."
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Joseph Cannon

"Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons."

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"Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague."
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Max Cannon

"Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague."

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