On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

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A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has

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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

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Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

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People know what they do

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I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. H

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For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or th

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To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is s

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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep

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It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in

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Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is

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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

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Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.

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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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There are no ordinary moments.

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth.""Um, okay. So what is it?""Suffering," she said. "

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Take it easy, but take it.

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You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

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