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Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
And is a swelling, and the last affection
A high mind can put off; being both a rebel
Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth
All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion,
and offereth violence to nature's self.Catiline His Conspiracy -
America does to me what I knew it would do: it just bumps me. The people charge at you like trucks coming down on you - no awareness. But one tries to dodge aside in time. Bump! bump! go the trucks. And that is human contact.
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
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American public opinion is like an ocean - it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.
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Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.
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Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.
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Among peoples who are geographically grouped together like the peoples of Europe there must exist a sort of federal link. It is this link which I wish to endeavour to establish.
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.
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An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the thought.
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An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is the hedgerows... We're reaching the point where a lot of the English countryside looks just like Iowa - just kind of open space.
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An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
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An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed.
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