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Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery.


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TUPAC SHAKUR For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds /
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P.C. CAST A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness."
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STAN THE MAN SA Turn your tears into joy, stay focused, be steadfast in the storms for don't last forever.
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PAUL HAWKEN I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American...
RAND PAUL I can still remember the feel in my hand of that most wonderful American coin ever minted, a nickel ...
PAUL ENGLE Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx...
PAUL FARMER