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I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years? ↗

— Michael Bolton

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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. ↗

— Epictetus

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I'm interested in the real world. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die. ↗

— Anne Boleyn

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Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. ↗

— Epictetus

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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. ↗

— Epictetus

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We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free. ↗

— Epictetus

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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. ↗

— Epicurus

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The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors. ↗

— Kit Bond

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Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

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