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In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people. – Brooks Atkinson

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This nation was built by men who took risks — pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. – Brooks Atkinson

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Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation. – Brooks Atkinson

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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. – Søren Kierkegaard

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The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. – H.L. Mencken, Minority Report, 1956

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In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future. – Gustav Stresemann

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By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe. – Natan Sharansky

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In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. Youre not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need. – Rick Warren

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One of Dawkins major gripes is against religion. I am in total agreement on that one. I abhor religion. – Ray Comfort

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