Quote by Joseph Conrad
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. – Joseph Conrad

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History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. – Joseph Conrad

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Art
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There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery. – Joseph Conrad

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Halloween
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I played as much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on Tuesday. – Mike Morley

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There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor’s. – Clyde Moore

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There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The sound of the rain needs no translation. – Alan Watts

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Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. – James Hansen

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Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. – Dee Hock

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The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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