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		But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marcel Proust 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. J. O'Rourke 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahmoud Darwish 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Farrell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Evancho 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My all-time favorite skin cream is from Poland. Its called Eva Natura with Polish herbs, including rosemary. It smells wonderful and is soothing and comforting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dagmara Dominczyk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I'd like to get some new clothes, but I can't find a Big and Short store. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Roy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Confucius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was influenced by surrealist poetry and painting as were thousands of other people, and it seems to me to have become a part of the way I write, but it's not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kenneth Koch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Henry Saint Clair Fredericks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marcel Proust