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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
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I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.
Letter to Albert G. Hodges, 4 April 1864 -
I can see only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen.
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I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.
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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
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I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts.
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I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
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I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!
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I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
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I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
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I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.
Speech at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, February 24, 2004 -
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.
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I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as unqualified as some of the men who are already there.
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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom - one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.
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If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.
Salem's Lot (2008) 315
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