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Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky

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There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. – Leon Trotsky

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Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain — at least in a poor country like Russia — and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect. – Leon Trotsky

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travels sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Theres a great joy in my giving. Its thrilling. Its exhilarating. Its important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy. – W. Clement Stone

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. – Albert Schweitzer

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I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. – Soren Kierkegaard

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