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Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties! ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I take them minute by minute, but I honor my commitment to stay sober. ↗

— Tom Arnold

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Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#both #cancer #everything #fighting #get

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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