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" The years teach much which the days never know. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. "

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" Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. "

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" My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is. "

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" I'm a Democrat because I want every American to have a fair shot at the American Dream. That's what ties it all together for me, and in my experience, that means recognizing that no one is dealing with life one 'issue' at a time. "

" I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there. "

" You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting. "

" Color is an intense experience on its own. "

" One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. "

" Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. "

" Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. "

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" Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. "

" Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others? "

" Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. "

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" Being in love is the only transcendent experience. "

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" Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn't follow that. I lived my life as if I wasn't in the public eye. I thought, 'I'm young. I have the right to experience new things, and if I want to go to a bar and get drunk, that's my prerogative.' "

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" The United Nations was founded 70 years ago, at the end of World War II. Since that time, Japan has steadfastly walked the path of peace and rebuilt a nation. And, since the mid-1950s onward, we have actively worked to share our experience of development with other nations, especially in Asia. "

" Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.' "

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" I really think the human experience is very similar for everyone; we're all doing slightly different versions of the same thing. "

" In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. "

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" Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it. "

" I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well. "

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" I think that personal experience is very important, but certainly it shouldn't be a kind of shut-box and mirror-looking, narcissistic experience. I believe it should be relevant, and relevant to the larger things, the bigger things, such as Hiroshima and Dachau and so on. "

" Our best thoughts come from others. "

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" Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. "

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" Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali. "