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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very

He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections. – Samuel Adams

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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can. – Samuel Adams

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…it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in peoples minds… – Samuel Adams

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Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms – in themselves such judgments are stupidities. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness. – Gilda Radner

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To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. – Mark Twain

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I find it very easy playing Bond. I think hes hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations. – Daniel Craig

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Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. – Georg Simmel

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