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“Disarm the people- that is the best and most effective way to enslave them.”

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James Madison, the 4th President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, and died on June 28, 1836. He was a key figure in drafting the U.S. Constitution and had a profound impact on the political system of the United States. more

“The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.”

Humans I Can Situation Wonderful Magic Glory Be Good Theatre Honestly Brevity Hermits Pantomime

Author:Iris Murdoch

“I hung up the phone, jubilant, and threw myself into a wall, then pretended to be getting electrocuted. I do this when I'm very happy.”

Wall Phones Hung Very Happy

Author:Dave Eggers

“It is strange how few people make more than a casual cult of enjoying Nature. And yet the earth is actually and literally the mother of us all. One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth.”

People Needs Earth Spiritual Mother Enjoy Strange Worship Cult Casual Spiritual Faith

Author:John Cowper Powys

“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.”

Remember Friendship Friends Dear Valuable Old Friends Antiques Friendship Memories Dear God Old Friendship

Author:H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.”

Firsts Has Beens Lost Race Corners Racing

Book:The Art of Racing in the Rain

Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain

“I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of the rain; a racer should embrace the rain. I, alone, could manifest a change around me. By changing my mood, my energy, I allowed Eve to regard me differently. And while I cannot say that I am a master of my own destiny, I can say that I have experienced a glimpse of mastery, and I know what I have to work toward.”

Knows Should I Can Wanted Energy My Own Destiny Masters Elements Rain Regard Embrace Mood Manifest Mastery Unpredictable Glimpse Racers

Author:Garth Stein

“And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing our strings cross and separate and then come back together.”

Wanted Together Pleasure Seeing Paper Crosses Towns Leaving Planning Strings Back Together

Book:The John Green Collection

Source: The John Green Collection

“First impressions are always unreliable.”

Firsts Impression Unreliable First Impression

Author:Franz Kafka

“When I return to the world, I will be a man. I will walk among you. I will lick my lips with my small, dexterous tongue. I will shake hands with other men, grasping firmly with my opposable thumbs. And I will teach all people that I know. And when I see a man or a woman or a child in trouble, I will extend my hand, both metaphorically and physically. I will offer my hand. To him. To her. To you. To the world. I will be a good citizen, a good partner in the endeaver of life that we all share.”

People Knows Men World Children Hands Walks Teach Trouble Share Return Citizens Offers Lips Tongue Partners Shakes Be A Man Thumbs Grasping Good Citizen

Author:Garth Stein

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