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When the insects take over the world we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow - to the end at all costs.
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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
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When the Soviet Union fell, optimistic scholars believed the world had shifted inexorably in the direction of free markets and liberal democracy. Instead, the West gradually embraced bigger government and weaker social bonds, creating a fragmented society in which the only thing we all belong to, as President Barack Obama puts it, is the state.
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When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice for all.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002) -
When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer ''present'' or ''not guilty.''
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When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, 'I'll meet you at Ernie Banks' statue.' After Sept. 7, they'll say, 'I'll meet you by Billy Williams' statue.'
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When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.
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When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
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When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
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When we are children, we think that adults know how the world works. When we become adults, we know enough about the world to know that we know nothing about it...
Source: Zire Notes May 2004 December 2006 -
When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.
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When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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When we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.
Source: The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981) -
When we make the choice to care, we set into motion a snowball effect that touches many people, most of whom we will never know about... never underestimate the importance of a kind act.
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When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
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