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The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

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I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred! ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#admire #after #alike #attributes #carbon

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. ↗

— Gore Vidal

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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#before #entirely #happily #live #must

This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#although #appeared #avert #could #countenance

People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another. ↗

— Fred Upton

#better #country #economy #fact #far

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#because #books #busyness #how #many

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens. ↗

— John Updike

#author #because #been #choices #door

In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#dog #english #even #felt #good

The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#because #called #ever #get #here