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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity. ↗

— William Howard Taft

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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time. ↗

— George Takei

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Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there. ↗

— George Takei

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Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

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Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

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