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Quote by Haniel Long
In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret an

In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret and natural dreams. But body after body has taken away from me that sensual phosphorescence which my youth delighted in. Within me is no disturbing interplay now, but only the steady currents of adaptation and of sympathy. – Haniel Long

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Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself. – Haniel Long

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Kwanzaa
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So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it. – Haniel Long

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best
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama… Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly. – Haniel Long

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Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things dont go well. – Jim Rohn

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Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. – Hervey Allen

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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy. – Fiona Shaw

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