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    Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.

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If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he read more

If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.

by Edward Hoagland Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.

Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.

by John Barbour Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.

A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.

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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

by John Locke Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

by Ralph Marston Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo read more

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

by Ernest Dimnet Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and read more

I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.

by Alexander Herzen Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.

The reign of imagagology begins where history ends.

by Milan Kundera Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

by Dick Cavett Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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