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"No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people."
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"Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you can see night rising, not falling; darkness lifting into the sky, up from the horizon, like a black sun behind cloud cover. Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line of fire just below the horizon, brushfire or a burning city. Maybe night falls because it's heavy, a thick curtain pulled up over the eyes. Wool blanket."

"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep."

"Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon... tune in to Mother Earth's sweet song. She has messages to say, knowledge to relay, inspiration to convey... there is much for you to learn. Your journey has just begun."

"What branch does not have its leaves and which twig will not have its flowers?"

"Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?"

"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived."

"Be thankful for every mountain, because it's the mountain top that will give you best view of the world."
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"I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else."


"Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies."


"No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win."


"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."


"I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk."


"A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad."
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