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The eyes envy the mind. — Zhuangzi

Although 'Mockingjay 2' grew $650 million at the worldwide box office, its domestic performance fell short of our expectations. — Jon Feltheimer

The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded. — Salman Rushdie

Bill Blankschaen is an emerging new voice in Christian life. — Hugh Hewitt

No," said Miss Marple. "You believed what he said. It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years. — Agatha Christie

Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems. — Leroy Hood

In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults. — Thea Astley

If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again. — Usain Bolt

I'm not trying to change an image, I'm just trying to make sure that the facts match the image. The facts are basically that I'm a builder. I have not dissembled any company nor split up any companies, nor do I ever buy any companies with that intent. — Harold Simmons

I laughed. "You're too young to be so ... pessimistic," I said, using the English word.
"Pessi-what?"
"Pessimistic. It means looking only at the dark side of things."
"Pessimistic ... pessimistic ... " She repeated the English to herself over and over, and then she looked up at me with a fierce glare. "I'm only sixteen," she said, "and I don't know much about the world, but I do know one thing for sure. If I'm pessimistic, then the adults in this world who are not pessimistic are a bunch of idiots. — Haruki Murakami

What sometimes enrages me and always disappoints and grieves me is the preference of great schools of learning for the derivative as opposed to the original, for the conventional and thin which can be duplicated in many copies rather than the new and powerful, and for arid correctness and limitation of scope and method rather than for universal newness and beauty, wherever it may be seen. — Norbert Wiener

The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow authority. — Benjamin Tucker

Bullets can harm you and death can disarm you, but no, you will not be deceived. Stripped of all virtue as you crawl through the dirt, you can give but you cannot receive. — Bob Dylan

To be radical is to go to the root of the matter. For man, however, the root is man himself. — Karl Marx