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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. – Victor Hugo

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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. – Victor Hugo

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Because one doesnt like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God. – Victor Hugo

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Cancer victims who dont accept their fate, who dont learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left. – Ingrid Bergman

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Well, especially now I come to realize – and then – I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and Id record for hours and hours until its time to go to sleep. – Michael Jackson

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The last time I saw him he was walking down lovers lane holding his own hand. – Fred Allen

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But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history. – Martin Heidegger

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