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“ ... there is a shock of freshness to it. Intimations of the ages of man, some piercing intuition of the sea and all its weeds and breezes shiver you a split second from that little stimulus on the palate. You are eating the sea ... ”
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“We live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty and to spare for no man, woman, or child to be in want. And in addition to this our country was founded on what should have been a great, true principle — the freedom, equality, and rights of each individual. Huh! And what has come of that start? There are corporations worth billions of dollars — and hundreds of thousands of people who don't get to eat.”
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“I think cheerfulness is a fortune in itself.”
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“Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail. ”
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“When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.”
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“... piety is like garlic: a little goes a long way.”
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“If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it with intelligence. Otherwise you are insulting God as well as defying Him, don't you think?”
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“Having traveled initially to get away, ultimately we travel to come home. ”