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Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation. ↗

— Norman Mailer

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Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. ↗

— Bill Maher

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By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a while in some other lifetime, that I had even taken over someone else's life. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top. ↗

— Hermann Maier

#after #another #city #competitive #felt

Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent. ↗

— Lee Majors

#acting #business #low #make #people

God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#air #god #into #makes #modifications

I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something. ↗

— Wendie Malick

#actually #better #change #feel #hard

To stand up on the stage is to say to many people: Look at me. How can you do that without speaking the only truth you know? There is no such thing as an uncommitted actor. ↗

— Judith Malina

#how #know #look #many #me

Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers. ↗

— Lord Caradon

#make #ministers #out #prime #prime ministers

You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words. ↗

— Stephane Mallarme

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