Quote by Aldous Huxley
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A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. – Aldous Huxley

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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead. – Aldous Huxley

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Conformity
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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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Religion
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time ones never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. – Aldous Huxley

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Time
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Death
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. – Nelson Mandela

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Death

Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. – Tecumseh

Category:
Death

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible? – Barry Goldwater

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Death

Birth and death we all move between these two unknowns. – Bryant H. McGill

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Death

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According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. Youll have that readership. Keep going until you know youre doing work thats worthy. And then see what happens. Thats my advice. – Philip Levine

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Love is the greatest refreshment in life. – Pablo Picasso

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Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. – Kyle Chandler

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motivational