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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Rudyard Kipling

At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Dreams Inspirational Motivational Spiritual
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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Defeat Enough Karma Pay Price Yourself
If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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Price Reason Try Yourself
Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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Animal Friendship Myself Service
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
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Brain God Soldier Weapon Woman Wound Yourself
I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.
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Desire Myself Occupy Reality Savage See
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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End Goodness People Sea Yourself
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Animal Dangerous Death Female Human
I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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Death Eat Man Myself Sleep Work
I’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
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Death Forget Reading Subscription Yourself
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

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