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Quote by John Burroughs
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs

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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. – John Burroughs

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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. – John Burroughs

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. – Simone Weil

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As far as a truly radical conscience, you have to take it as part of a larger thing, that it was sort of historical inevitability that with the coming of a leaguer society people would start to use drugs a lot more then they had before. – Lester Bangs

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In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards. – Carroll OConnor

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Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I dont think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside. – Haruki Murakami

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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. – Samuel Johnson

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I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries. – Barack Obama

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I dont believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy. – Ai Weiwei

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The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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