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Natural history is not about producing fables. ↗

— David Attenborough

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Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

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A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull. ↗

— Louis Auchincloss

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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

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Anthony Hopkins says you just keep acting. Do it all the time and eventually it will happen. He got his break, after all, by taking a role nobody else wanted. A cannibal! ↗

— Richard E. Grant

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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

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