Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back. ― Marcus Aurelius

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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

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Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach. ― Marcus Aurelius

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The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.

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Watching the world's best compete fires you up to achieve your own feats of greatness. When it comes to running, participation and spectating go hand in hand.

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I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. ― Ernest Hemingway

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Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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