Aldrich Ames Quotes
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
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Go on and finish your studies,” Gore said. “You are poor enough, but there are greater evils than poverty. Live on no man’s favor. What bread you do eat, let it be the bread of independence. Pursue your profession. Make yourself useful to your friends and a little formidable to your enemies, and you have nothing to fear.
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The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.
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If humankind - from humble farmers in the fields and toiling workers in the cities to teachers, people of independent means, those who have reached the pinnacle of fame or fortune, even the most frivolous of society women - if they knew what profound inner pleasure awaits those who gaze at the heavens, then France, nay, the whole of Europe, would be covered with telescopes instead of bayonets, thereby promoting universal happiness and peace.
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I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.
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If you went in search of it, you would not find the boundaries of the soul, though you traveled every road-so deep is its measure [logos].
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Ancient of days! august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were; First in the race that led to glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away--Is this the whole?
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Organized religions have all the facets of organized crime, except the compassion of organized crime.
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I will never forget that Game 7 as long as I play the game of basketball.
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Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth, And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out.
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Man is so made that if he is told often enough that he is a fool he believes it.
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The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.
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There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.
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If men of genius only knew what love their works inspire!
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A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.
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But Time is a great traitor who teaches us to accept loss.
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I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.
