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Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.

Affected Being Distance Engine
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Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is not, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior.

Animal Behavior Bringing Child
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The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

Strength Civilization Measured Ability
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What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work.

Choose Determine Itself Never
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Everything lives and lasts by the inner necessity of its being, by its own nature's need.
Being Everything Inner Lasts
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You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.

Advertising Ideals Nation Tell
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Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

Affected Born Leadership Needs
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Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti political, perhaps the most powerful of all anti political forces.

Love Nature Reason Powerful
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions! The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and when they can pick it up. Armed uprising by itself has never yet led to revolution

Revolutionaries Power Street
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Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such,

Mass leaders Power Lies Propaganda
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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Back Character Conditions Defined
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Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.

Against Courage Final Hell
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It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.

Achieved Alone Independence Liberties
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Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.

Above Britain Characterized Independence
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Never make a decision. Let someone else make it and then if it turns out to be the wrong one, you can disclaim it, and if it is the right one you can abide by it.

Never Make decision Wrong one Disclaim
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Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

New generation Predecessor Improve
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And I believe the truth is mighty, and shines by its own light.

Believe Truth Mighty Shines
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I can’t read the history of the Fathers of faith and be entertained by it! No! It has to spur me into action, knowing there’s more and it’s obtainable!

Can't read History Fathers Faith
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I think to understand how the democratic process works is the most important thing, so people don't get frightened by it, and get put off, and give up.

Think Understand Democratic process Works
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Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

Anger Hatred Fisherman's hook Very important
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Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

Men Distinguished Women Commitment
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Angola’s economy is mainly driven by its oil sector, yet it imports up to 80 % of refined petroleum products for domestic consumption.

Economy Mainly driven Oil sector Import
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I’m as irritated by the noise about COVID 19 as the world is terrified by it. This must be what the Bible calls the noisome pestilence.

As irritated The world Terrified Bible called
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I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

Inner resources Can live In isolation Long period
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One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

One Importance Scientific work Publications
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There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets.

Great value Being fearless My life Too afraid
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I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.

Don't measure Its achievement Its potential
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Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility

Oppression Defend Itself Utility
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I've always been a believer in not judging a book by it's cover. Especially as someone who has experienced being misjudged throughout my time in Nigeria.

A believer Not judging A book Has experienced
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They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Love World Death Dies
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Whatever the reason, too many are no longer willing to call evil by its name. There is no vision. And when there is no vision, the people perish.

Reason Evil Vision People
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

Music Something Feelings Motivated
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He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.

He Affected Insult Infected
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When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it.

Someone Task Beautifully Environment
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The transformation of the mining sector, or lack thereof, affects all those who are impacted by its activities.

The transformation Mining sector Are impacted It activities
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Life is not measured by its duration but by its donation.

Life Not measured Its duration Its donation
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The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

Reward Man toil's Gets Becomes
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

True grit Decision Standing by
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Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

Procastination Laziness Fear Forgive
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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

Journalism Good Controversial Nature
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Madness is the false punishment of a false solution, but by its own virtue it brings to light the real problem, which can then be truly resolved.

Madness Punishment Virtue Problem
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Nigeria’s politics had been grossly mismanaged by its leaders over the years.

Politics Leaders Mismanaged Grossly
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