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I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal mov

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change – within himself, not on the outside. – Joseph Brodsky

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It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. – Joseph Brodsky

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Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production. – Joseph Brodsky

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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine. – George Gurdjieff

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I dont think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. – Richard M. Nixon

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As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other peoples ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. – Amy Poehler

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Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time. – Andrew Weil

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Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. – Ethel Merman

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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne

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I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest were going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate thats not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives. – Stephen Harper

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