Quote by Ivan Turgenev
In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, s

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesnt know art, just as it doesnt know freedom, just as it doesnt know goodness. – Ivan Turgenev

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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my countrys fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! – Ivan Turgenev

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Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: “Great God, grant that twice two be not four.” – Ivan Turgenev

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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. – Ivan Turgenev

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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people. – Dan Castellaneta

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Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. – Felix Frankfurter

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The only certain freedoms in departure. – Robert Frost

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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I do not have any pets. We travel too much. – Nancy Kerrigan

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