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Conformity is the jailer of freedom, and the enemy of growth.

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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance.

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Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do it enough to impress themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

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Which is worse: Hell or nothing?

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A well frog knows nothing of the ocean for it is bound by its space. The Spring insect knows nothing of the Winter because it is bound to a single season.

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Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

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If The Way is made clear, it is no longer The Way.

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I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

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While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?

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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.

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