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The eye sees what it brings the power to see. - Thomas Carlyle

The eye sees what it brings the power to see. – Thomas Carlyle

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Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. – Thomas Carlyle

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Tools
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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. – Thomas Carlyle

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Courage
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What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts? – Thomas Carlyle

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I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting. – Nathan Fillion

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Truth is powerful and it prevails. – Sojourner Truth

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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors. – Fareed Zakaria

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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. – Christopher Hitchens

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