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The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

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Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. ↗

— Emily Carr

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A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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He comes to this other world and he has to reinvent himself. Again, it felt natural, even though I'd been working really hard trying to come up with something. ↗

— Michael Chabon

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