The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew.

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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

The things I want to know are in books, my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read

The things I want to know are in books, my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

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    In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

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    The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past, so that we can live our dreams.

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