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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

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Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

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The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

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We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all.

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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

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Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

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Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them.

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A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

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God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

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