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Necessity makes even the timid brave. ↗

— Sallust

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To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. ↗

— George Santayana

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Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#discovered #either #experienced #experiencing #fragility

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#case #christianity #conquered #made #nationalism

Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system. ↗

— Adam Schiff

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All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement. ↗

— Rose Schneiderman

#labor movement #lectures #make #movement #nicely

The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth. ↗

— Rose Schneiderman

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I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

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If we just sit and exist, and understand that, I think it will be helpful in a world that seems like a record that's going faster and faster, we're spinning off the edge of the universe. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

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