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All Quotes Collection
"Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being."
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"I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses."
72
"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
86
"Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself."
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"You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed."
46
"Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit."
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"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."
12
"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."
11
"A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard."
55
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
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"Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
51
"We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection."
18
"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver."
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"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories."
55
"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."
15
"Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim."
54
"A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy."
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"I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone."
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"So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good."
45
"Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
96
"Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use."
16
"My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky."
56
"There is moderation even in excess."
13
"Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories."
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"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see."
11
"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."
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