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I don't think that the Internet has contributed greatly to immorality.

Greatly Immorality Internet Think
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Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Religions Christian Tolerance Course
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I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Truth Fond Martyrdom
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Book Bored Readers Done
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality Imitation Judicious Writers
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

Never Prayer God Enemies
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We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Always Oblige Speak
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My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but when you come to America, you speak English.
America Better Come English
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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

One Astray Imprudent Repent
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I cannot, or will not, take the freedoms this country offers for granted. But these freedoms have come with a price so many times. The sacrifices made by our veterans are reminders to us of this.

Cannot Come Country Freedoms
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God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.

Act Agency Choose Free
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Read much, but not many books.
Books Many Much Read
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Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

Women Learned Found Manner
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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
Wise Man Goes Grow
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think Man Communicate Language
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I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my writing. It's a parallel thing in me.

About Just Me Parallel
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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
Course Democracy Good Prescription
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You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

Asleep Awake Dream Intentionally
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.

Children Education Grow Lead
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Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

Difficult Feelings I Think Independent
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Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.

About Because Describe Every
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My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.

Anything Heroes How Know
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Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good.

Because Books Complicated Dark
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I could have been a cult writer if I'd kept writing surrealistic novels. But I wanted to break into the mainstream, so I had to prove that I could write a realistic book.

Been Book Break Could
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Ability Discover Fine Others
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.

Guilty Responsible Few
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.

Faith Clinging Shrine Endless
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God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

Always Answer Answers God
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The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

Actually Balanced Buddha Compassionate
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Ancestors Belongs Desirable Glory
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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

Asleep Awake Common Each
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Filled Fire Mind Vessel
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Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Being Cause Consists Courage
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Errors Future Good Learn
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Having a place means that you know what a place means...what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence but also in an ecological sense...Integrating native consciousness with mythic consciousness

Place Means Stored Myth
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The question to be asked of all teaching is not, 'Is it new?' but 'Is it true?'
Question Asked Teaching True
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If lies can show the truth, they can be the truth, they can cause the truth, so I may build an empire on lies, but they are the truth.

Truth Lie Build Empire
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If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die

Body Dies Country
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With Heaven’s aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you.

Empire Heaven Aid Conquered
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One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.
Arrow Broken Indestructible
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Remember, you have no companions but your shadow.
Remember Companion Shadow
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All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.

Surrender Spared Opposes Dissension
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Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.

Accept Career Comedies Confined
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When I was working at the Sprint store, I got laid off. I was bummed out, but I stayed positive. I used the money I had earned while working there to make my first album. Without that job, maybe 'Corazon Sin Cara' would never had been made. It's a very inspirational story.

Album Been Earned First
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.

Know Understanding Noble Sentiments
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The solution of mankind’s most vexing problem will not be found in renouncing technical civilization, but in attaining some degree of independence of it.

Solution Mankind Technical Civilization
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I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures, very different - but I think that, to me, it's one. I'm just as American as I feel Latin.

American Cultures Different Different Cultures
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I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, your girlfriend or not. I'm not gonna say that there's not that special girl out there. But I'm in the music biz, and I'm focused on the music.

Behind Every Focused Girl
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The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.

All Powerful Artist Creation Everywhere
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Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man.

Grandeur Universe Meaning Admit
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