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" We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand. "

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" People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness. "

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" The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race. "

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" Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. "