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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
Victor Hugo
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Born:
Feb 26
,
1802
Died:
May 22
,
1885
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Stephen Hawking
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
Elie Wiesel
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Prevent
Never
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Protest
Times
May
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.
Wayne Dyer
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
Samuel Adams
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Citizens
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Keeping
It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Minds
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Through
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Tension
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Us
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Illnesses
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
George Washington
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Enemy
Easier
Possession
Posting
Prevent
Got
Than
After
Them
Themselves
Us
Much
Teaches
My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.
Jesus Christ
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World
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Kingdom
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Place
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Servants
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Will
Our
Rather
Prevent
Tender
Misery
Than
Human
Avenge
Act
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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
Lysander Spooner
Government
Constitution
Has-Been
One Thing
Case
Prevent
Had
Powerless
Another
Been
Exist
Authorized
Unfit
Whether
Either
Much
Really
Certain
Thing
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