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I exist as I am, that is enough.

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Ultimately nature and events are largely what our imaginations make them out to be.

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In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.

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It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure.

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To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.

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This day before dawn I ascended a hill and looked at the crowded heaven.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

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As long as humanity has been human, it has looked toward the heavens and dreamed that some day, some way, there would be giant federal contracts involved.

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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from the bow of a ship without ever having felt sorry for itself.

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Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.

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