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A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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In yourself right now is all the place you've got. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

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Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me. ↗

— Todd Akin

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The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages. ↗

— Edmond About

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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

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