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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

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I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. ↗

— LeBron James

#high #i #i can #never #stardom

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. ↗

— William James

#art #being #knowing #overlook #wise

Wisdom is learning what to overlook. ↗

— William James

#learning #overlook

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#aid #clauses #dominance #effort #end

Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

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The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#most #pays #seldom #successful #war

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#always #chance #condition #conscience #depend

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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