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Have at last written another play Endgame

"Have at last written another [play, i.e., Endgame].... Rather difficult and elliptic, mostly depending on the power of the text to claw, more inhuman than (Godot)."

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Success and failure on the public level never mattered

"Success and failure on the public level never mattered much to me, in fact I feel more at home with the latter, having breathed deep of its vivifying air all my writing life up to the last couple of years."

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What we know partakes in no small measure of the nature

"What we know partakes in no small measure of the nature of what has so happily been called the unutterable or ineffable, so that any attempt to utter or eff it is doomed to fail, doomed, doomed to fail."

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The glutton castaway the drunkard in the desert

"The glutton castaway, the drunkard in the desert, the lecher in prison, they are the happy ones. To hunger, thirst, lust, every day afresh and every day in vain, after the old prog, the old booze, the old whores, that's the nearest we'll ever get to felicity, the new porch and the very latest garden."

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The chartered recountants take the thing to pieces

"The chartered recountants take the thing to pieces and put it together again. They enjoy it. The artist takes it to pieces and makes a new thing, new things. He must."

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Prohibition will work great injury

"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation,

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If you would win a man to your cause

"If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what you will, is the great high-road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause."

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I have no purpose to introduce political and social

"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is a physical difference between the two, which, in my judgement, will probably for ever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality;

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Slavery is founded on the selfishness of mans

"Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature—opposition to it on his love of justice. These principles are in eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow."

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With malice toward none with charity for all

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle,

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My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that."

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The power confided in me will be used to hold

"The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts."

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I have always rebelled against the unadorned

"I have always rebelled against the unadorned, the unbefitting, the unawakened, the unresisting, the undesirable, the unplanned, the unshapely, the uncommitted, the unattempted—all leading to the unintended. I believe in the unsubmissive, the unfaltering, the unassailable, the irresistible, the unbelievable—in other words, in an art of life."

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Life seems to be an experience in ascending and descending

"Life seems to be an experience in ascending and descending. You think you're beginning to live for a single aim—for self-development, or the discovery of cosmic truths—when all you're really doing is to move from place to place as if devoted primarily to real estate."

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I always get back to the question is it really necessary

"I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the machinery of civilised life? The world seems to me to do much of its toil for that which is not in any sense bread.

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Although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life

"Although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life, its biological manifestations are generally considered to be organization, metabolism, growth, irritability, adaptation, and reproduction."

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Time rushes by and yet time is frozen

"Time rushes by and yet time is frozen. Funny how we get so exact about time at the end of life and at its beginning. She died at 6:08 or 3:46, we say, or the baby was born at 4:02. But in between we slosh through huge swatches of time—weeks, months, years, decades even."

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A child is more than the sum of her parts

"A child is more than the sum of her parts. So are you What you feel about life, about each other, about being parents—if it's on the positive side—is probably transcendent. If you enjoy your daughter, enjoy the whims and fancies, funny quirks,

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It's a funny thing about men, you know

"It's a funny thing about men, you know. They all start life being boys. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these senators were boys once."

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There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper

"There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate—not to the artist but to the public....

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Really if the lower orders dont set us a good example

"Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility."

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Relations are simply a tedious pack of people

"Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die."

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The truth is rarely pure and never simple

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility."

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If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order

"If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity."

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While one should always study the method

"While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at."

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There are two types of people in this world

"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more."

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I greet you at the beginning of a great career

"I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which must yet have had a long foreground somewhere, for such a start. I rubbed my eyes a little to see if this sunbeam were no illusion; but the solid sense of the book is a sober certainty. It has the best merits, namely, of fortifying and encouraging."

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Be a little careful about your library

"Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in."

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Through the release of atomic energy

"Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man's discovery of fire. This basic force of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms.

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The belief in an external world independent

"The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception only gives information of this external world or of "physical reality" indirectly, we can only grasp the latter by speculative means.

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Communities tend to be guided less than individuals

"Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause mankind! It is the source of wars and every kind of oppression, which fill the earth with pain, sighs and bitterness."

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I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country

"I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family. When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives.

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A human being is part of a whole called by us the Universe

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.

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The important thing is not to stop questioning

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."

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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love

"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity."

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Only the individual can think and thereby create new values for society

"Only the individual can think, and thereby create new values for society, nay, even set up new moral standards to which the life of the community conforms. ... The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth."

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In matters of importance give fullest attention

"In matters of importance - give fullest attention to all significant circumstances and possible
circumstances before reaching a conclusion. Only then are you prepared to act, prepared to
defend decisions with unyielding stubbornness."

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A good performance like a human life

"A good performance, like a human life, is a temporal affair—a process in time. It is good as a whole through being good in its parts, and through their good order to one another. It cannot be called good as a whole until it is finished. During the process all we can say of it, if we speak precisely, is that it is becoming good.

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We must bear in mind the distinction between fame and honor

"We must bear in mind the distinction between fame and honor. A virtuous person is an honorable person, a person who ought to be honored by the community in which he or she lives. But the virtuous person does not seek honor, being secure in his or her own self-respect.

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The means by which we live have outdistanced

"The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."

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My fellow Americans I am pleased to tell you today

"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes."

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My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs

"My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs, And says we're going to the dogs. His grandpa in his house of logs, Said things were going to the dogs. His grandpa in the Flemish bogs, Said things were going to the dogs. His grandpa in his hairy togs, Said things were going to the dogs. But this is what I wish to state. The dogs have had an awful wait."

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Life without a purpose is a languid

"Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!'"

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You gain strength courage and confidence...!

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

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Funny Birthday

Here are some funny quotes that will get your message across while making the recipient smile or laugh.
For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday.

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At its best New Wave Punk

"At its best New Wave/punk represents a fundamental and age-old Utopian dream: that if you give people the license to be as outrageous as they want in absolutely any fashion they can dream up, they'll be creative about it, and do something good besides."

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Five Tips That Will Get You Cheap Life Insurance Quotes

So you're looking for life insurance quotes. Congratulations on taking the first steps toward protecting your family. It takes a mature individual to do what you're doing, and I'm not just saying that to blow smoke. I'm saying it because statistics show that not nearly enough individuals and families have the coverage needed in order to protect themselves in the event of a tragedy. I salute you. Here are a few tips that may help you find a lower cost life insurance quote.

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