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You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge of cosmic exaltation, like the clear light of the heavens... . And you, too, seem to be taking root in the soil which you are digging, to be nourished by the rays of the sun, to share life with the tiniest blade of grass, with each flower; living in nature's depths, you seem then to rise and grow into the vast expanse of the universe.
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The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.
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I love playing odd roles.
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It's odd that men feel they must protect women, since for the most part they must be protected from men.
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We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.
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My life in Montana is so diverse from my Hollywood life that it even feels odd for me to go from one life to the other.
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There is an odd synchronicity in the way parallel lives veer to touch one another, change direction, and then come close again and again until they connect and hold for whatever it was that fate intended to happen.
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When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.
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He did say I fascinated him, but he really should have clarified to me that I was just the fascination for the day.
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The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.
