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Classic is our daring, classic our cowardice. Classic is our cruelty, classic our charity.


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Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours.

Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours.



We are born of risen apes, not fallen angels.

We are born of risen apes, not fallen angels.



Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.

Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.



We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments?

We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments?



Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calendar. We are not so unique as we should like to believe.

Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calendar. We are not so unique as we should like to believe.



What could not be denied was that in vast segments of the animal world natural selection of the most qualified individuals took place not by competition for females but by competition for space.

What could not be denied was that in vast segments of the animal world natural selection of the most qualified individuals took place not by competition for females but by competition for space.



There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does not know, one discovers that no one else knows either.

There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does not know, one discovers that no one else knows either.



The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built.

The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built.



Human war has been the most successful of our cultural traditions.

Human war has been the most successful of our cultural traditions.



The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.

The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.





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This guy and this guy and this guy… knew a lot of but couldn't find the words which could explain the "knowledge".

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Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.



Make every day special. Own it. Enjoy it. Bask in the glory of life. Appreciate the gift of your own life.

Make every day special. Own it. Enjoy it. Bask in the glory of life. Appreciate the gift of your own life.



I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.

I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.



Hitting your head against a wall is not the fastest way to move it.

Hitting your head against a wall is not the fastest way to move it.



So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.

So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.



Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.



Everyone in this room knows that Venus is probably one of the greatest people on the tour. She's really great. She's super professional. Complete opposite of me.

Everyone in this room knows that Venus is probably one of the greatest people on the tour. She's really great. She's super professional. Complete opposite of me.



Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.

Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.



Stop and smell the garlic! That's all you have to do.

Stop and smell the garlic! That's all you have to do.




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