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Every great change is simple.

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In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
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Curse Early Financial Ourselves Time
The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Adequate Natural One Liner Symbol
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.
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Desire Dust Forever Myself Yourself
Artists are the antennae of the race.
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Artist Race
When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.
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Close Diminish Empire Word
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
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Charge Degree Greatness Literature Meaning Possible
To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.
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Build Money Pursue State
The what is so much more important than how.
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Important Reason
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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Act Imply People Point Quiet Ring Symbol
Technique is the test of sincerity.
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Sincere Technique Test
The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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Difference Spring Tree Weapon
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.
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Freedom Himself Slave
Wars are made to make debt.
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Loan One Liner War
There is natural ignorance and there is artificial ignorance. I should say at the present moment the artificial ignorance is about eighty-five per cent.
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Artificial Ignorance Moments Myself Natural
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.
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Book Man Touch
Small talk comes from small bones.
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Body Bone Small Talk

Every great change is simple.

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