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One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

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When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively. ↗

— Kim Elizabeth

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When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. ↗

— Dario Fo

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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

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I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen. ↗

— Martin Luther

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I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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