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Quote by Herman Melville
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at tr

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville

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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. – Herman Melville

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Faith
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Herman Melville
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The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. – Herman Melville

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Madness
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The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesnt know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career. – Lionel Messi

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All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future. – Gerald R. Ford

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Future

The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home. – David Suzuki

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Future

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery

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Future

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Playing and singing at the same time is pretty cool, but sometimes its difficult to know when you can just really let go a bit because youve got to get back to bloody microphone and sing some stuff. – Graham Coxon

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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. – Juvenal, Satires

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Let yourself become living poetry. – Rumi

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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. – Dave Barry

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