There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure.
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In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising.
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From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
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In art as in life, form and subject, body and soul, are one.
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Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race.
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Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.
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Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?
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Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.
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All living things on earth are kindred.
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The plow has probably done more harm - in the long run - than the sword.
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My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture.
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It's true: Every time you kill an elk, you're saving some cow's life.
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One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.
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The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.
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The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.
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Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward.
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We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy.
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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
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A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.
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Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism.
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I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.
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Lightning streaks like gunfire through the clouds, volleys of thunder shake the air.
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The Four Corners was "the place where the tangible and the mythical became the same."
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A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.
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Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.
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You cannot see wilderness from a road. What you see from a road is something different- a scene, a panorama, a picture; but you do not feel anything.
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Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?
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Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.
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The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live.
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Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind.
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