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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

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I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. – John Updike

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alone
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The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. – John Updike

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Religion
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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

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Honesty
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Water
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. – Lao-Tzu

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Water

Of a water that flows,
With a lullaby sound,
From a spring but a very few
Feet under ground —
From a cavern not very far
Down under ground. – Edgar Allan Poe

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Water

The great sea makes one a great sceptic. – Richard Jefferies

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Water

The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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Water

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See in what peace a Christian can die. – Joseph Addison

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Death

On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that Ive been able to use genre of Fantasy/Horror and express my opinion, talk a little about society, do a little bit of satire and thats been great, man. A lot of people dont have that platform. – George A. Romero

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Society

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Men

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment. – St. Bernard

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Humility