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The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check. ↗

— John Bates Clark

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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self. ↗

— Barbara Walters

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Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other. ↗

— Edward Hall

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When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. ↗

— Bob Marley

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress. ↗

— John Berger

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Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

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