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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

In faith Enough light Believe Shadows
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The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing.

The power Man's virtue Be measured Special effort
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

Takes truth His guide Safely trust God's providence
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No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

No religion Taught Man Born
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We know the truth, not only be the reason, but also be the heart.

We know The truth The reason The heart
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We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not love or worship.

We make An idol Truth Charity
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To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man.

Make Man Saint By grace
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Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.

Happiness Found In ourselves External things
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We desire truth and find within ourselves only uncertainty

Desire truth Find within Ourselves Uncertainty
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God wishes to move the will rather than the mind. Perfect clarity would help the mind and harm the will.

God wishes Move The will Mind
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If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously

Anything Hate Taken seriously
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If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

Tell people The truth Funny Kill you
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Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

Too clever An audience Obvious The subtleties
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It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful.

Was hell The time Wonderful
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Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

Trust Own instinct Your mistakes Someone else's
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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

Have Dream Get up The morning
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If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.

Don't like You're doing Be sure Happy
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So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

Expert think Have Free generation Mothers
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I have no regrets in my life even the crazy things I've been in. It all made me the I am today and I wouldn't change anything. I'm happy with who I am!

Have No regrets My life Crazy things
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Be who you like as long as you mean it.

Be who You like Mean it
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It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

Not hard Feel Outsider One time
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I think people deny themselves by putting themselves into categories

People Deny themselves Putting Categories
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My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

My mum Always told Was precious Worthless
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I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards

Grown up Little boy Exploded out Life backwards
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Sometimes people do you a favor when they drop out of your life.

Sometime People Do you Favor
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Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

Scariest thing Abuse Shape My opinion
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It's actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you'll be okay.

Good ethos Life Unknown With truth
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Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura.

Kids Genuine Come up Talk
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I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

Compulsive person Multitask Well organised D
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Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.

Good Challenge Yourself Really daunting
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

Book Device Ignite Imagination
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Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it

Books Pasing time Other worlds Wanting time
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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules

We started off Set up Anarchist community People
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Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Sometime Next time Second chance Now
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History is a commentary on the various and continuing in capabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

History Commentary Continuing In capabilities
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One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.

Hardest things Boys Learn Teacher
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Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

Life Sardines Looking for Key
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One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.

One recipe Happiness Entitlement Added
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Can there be any greater pleasure than to come across an author one enjoys and then to find they have written not just one book or two, but at least a dozen?

Greater pleasure Come across An author One enjoy
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History nowadays is not a matter of conviction. It’s a performance. It’s entertainment. And if it isn’t, make it so.

History Nowadays Matter Conviction
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Marriage is supposed to be a partnership. Good-looking people marry good-looking people and the others take what's left.

Marriage Partnership Good looking People
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Never at my best when at my best behavior.

Never My best When Behavior
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The more institutions and freedoms and benefits one can take for granted – of which in my view free state-supported galleries and museums come high on the list – the more civilised a society is.

More institutions Freedom Benefit Granted
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The prime minister did not wholly believe in the past or in any lessons that might be drawn from it

Prime minister Wholly believe Past Lesson
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You don't put your life into books. You find it there.

Don't put Your life Into books
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Man Genius Dreaming
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time

Can't afford Hate anyone Kind Time
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People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.

People Have forgotten Nature Destroy
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The power Memory Gives rise Power
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Nothing Says more Creator Work itself
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