Two cheers for democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

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"It isn't possible to love and to part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal."

- E.M. Forster

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"I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal."

- E.M. Forster

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

- E.M. Forster

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"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

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"Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life."

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"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."

- Winston Churchill

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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

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"Opportunities don’t happen, you create them."

- Chris Grosser

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"You will soon feel as if nothing was done to you. The surgery will be fast and smooth. Good luck with your surgery!"

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"Teaching is the greatest act of optimism."

- Colleen Wilcox

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