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  • George Orwell Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • William Morris Of rich men it telleth, and strange is the story how they have, and they hanker, and grip far and wide; And they live and they die, and the earth and its glory has been but a burden they scarce might abide.
    William Morris
    British artist, writer (1834 - 1896)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Oh, fear not in a world like this, and thou shalt know erelong, know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Billy Eckstine Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically.
    Billy Eckstine
    American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader (1914 - 1993)
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  • Eric Hoffer Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Boris Spassky On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Casey Stoner Once I decided to retire from bikes, there was no thought to go racing again. I wanted to have a full year off and maybe even see the world a bit.
    Casey Stoner
    Australian professional motorcycle racer (1985 - )
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  • Bruno Tonioli Once I moved to London I thought it was unbeatable. I work a lot in L.A. and love it, but would never give up London. It's a true world city, with an energy that's unique.
    Bruno Tonioli
    Italian choreographer and dancer (1955 - )
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  • Elie Wiesel Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • C. Thomas Howell Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback or the game-winning wide receiver. I've been around long enough and done enough stuff to where I don't feel that way. I just want to do what I do as well as possible.
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  • Bojana Novakovic One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining. Someone will always be better, richer, more loved, do more work. Those dynamics don't interest me.
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  • C. K. Williams One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.
    C. K. Williams
    American poet, critic and translator (1936 - 2015)
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  • Jean Anouilh One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
    Jean Anouilh
    French playwright (1910 - 1987)
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  • Bishop Joseph Henshaw One doth but break-fast here, another dine; he that lives longest does but suppe; we must all goe to bed in another World.
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  • Jane Austen One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Forest Witcraft One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.
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  • Henry Louis Mencken One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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