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The world is governed by opinion. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can kind of let everything drop. It's just about being quiet, like drawing back the day, and it allows me to have energy. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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