"To go against the grain is the secret of bravery."

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“To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.”

“I imagined I was God for a millisecond and became speechless for a long time.”

“Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.”

“I can see myself before myself—a being through dark scenery.”

“Possible impossibility emerges from an impossible possibility, or possibly, impossible possibility blooms from the impossibly possible impossibility.”

“Nothing is inanimate; what is the rest is our interpretation.”

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— Sita Ram Goel

Literature1921–2003

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"Do you have a brain? Then use it. It's all you need to overcome any problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world."

— Ben Carson

Politics1951

#power

"Down there it's still Summer, I suppose, whereas our sun is already gilding the mountains and the larches are turning yellow, but the colours are wonderful, like old, dark red satin. Down here in the …"

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Art1880–1938

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