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A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the not-self that there is no self left to die.
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A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.
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A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
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A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
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A conservative is a man who does not think that anything should be done for the first time.
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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
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A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.
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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
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A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is oftener an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief.
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A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.
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A cult classic is one that has been fully embraced by an alternative audience, not the popular audience.
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
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A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.
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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
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A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
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