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My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

My father Had died Very swiftly Of cancer
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Moral character A precondition Great moral Accomplishments
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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

Great questions Philosophy Have morality Celestial dictation
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Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

Trust As faith A friend Someone
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To terrify children with the image of hell,to consider women an inferior creation,Is that good for the world?

Terrify children The image Hell Consider women
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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
Had some Dark nights Giving in Depression
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I learned Most intolerant Narrow minded People
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The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

The totalitarian The enemy That's absolute Wants control
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Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Many people Come through Esophageal cancer Live
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I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

Don't think Souls Bodies Be changed
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Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt.

Belief In God Makes people Behave worse
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Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic.

Cancer Victim hood Permanent temptation Self centered
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For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

The people Ostensibly wish Are worried Immortal soul
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I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That's all crap.

Love it Muslims To war Christian do
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Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Solidarity An attitude Resistance
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.

The violence The bible Appalling
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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Make preparation To live Die Every day
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Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and since there is no other metaphor,also the soul.

Literature Not scripture Sustains The mind
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I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicized.

Don't envy Much respect People Completely politicized
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I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

I have My time Woken up Feeling
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Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

The aspirants For president Fool enough To believe
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When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

We talk About morality Our children
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

Perfect Companions Fewer Four feet
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I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.

Love Past Present Ashamed
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Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Be happy One way Wise
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Absence Humor Life Impossible
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Music is love in search of a word.

Music Love Search Word
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Youth is not the age to seduce, it's the age to be seduced.

Youth Age Seduce
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

Poet Silence Response Flattering one
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Love is not an honorable sentiment

Love Honorable Sentiment
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Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing Leads More
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My true friends always gave me this supreme proof of attachment: a spontaneous aversion to the men I loved.

True friends Proof Attachment Men
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Mothers sound so stupid when they praise their daughters to the skies.

Mothers Stupid Praise Daughter
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To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.

Astonished One Surest ways Growing old
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it...

I Found Voice Art
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Hope costs nothing.

Hope Cost
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.

Wonderful Life Wish Realized
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

Bad thing Children Politely Parents
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.

Want Nothing Love
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

Look Long time Pleases Pains you
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

Sincerity Flower Modesty
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We only do well the things we like doing.

We Well Things Doing
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Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

Books Have to Be heavy Whole world
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Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

The character Reading Printed page More real
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Because fear kills everything,Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

Fear kills Everything Your mind Your heart
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This book taught me, once and for all, how easily you can escape this world with the help of words! You can find friends between the pages of a book, wonderful friends.

Taught me How easily Can escape This world
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Sometimes, when you're so sad you don't know what to do, it helps to be angry.

So sad It helps Be angry
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You know a great many things in dreams, often despite the evidence of your eyes. You just know them.

A great Many things In dream The evidence
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Nothing is more frightening than a fear you cannot name.

Nothing More frightening A fear Cannot name
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Hope. Nothing is more intoxicating.

Hope Nothing More intoxicating
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