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The victim of mind-manipulation does not know he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible and he believes himself to be free.
—Aldous Huxley freedom

He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.
—Hammond Ines

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.
—Steve Irwin life philosophy

When you’re choosing furniture for your home that’s supposed to express who you are, what you are also saying is you want other people to infer what you want them to infer. What if they see something different? Wouldn’t it be really depressing if you’re trying to be bohemian and instead they see you as Rush Limbaugh?
—Sheena Iyengar

You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.
—Andrew Jackson

How is it you can keep so serene and stay so utterly insensible with a storm of shells and bullets raining about your head?

Captain Smith, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death, I do not concern myself with that—but to be always ready, whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live. Then all men would be equally brave.
—Stonewall Jackson / God's and Generals life war

...now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal.
—Tove Jannsson / Moominpappa's Memoirs

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
—Thomas Jefferson freedom government

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
—Thomas Jefferson life

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
—Thomas Jefferson education life

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
—Thomas Jefferson life

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."
—Thomas Jefferson government

I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
—Thomas Jefferson life philosophy

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
—Thomas Jefferson goverment philosophy

The minute you have the means to take responsibility for your own dreams and can be held accountable for whether they come true or not, life is a lot tougher. It’s easy to have wonderful thoughts when the chance to implement them is remote. When you’ve gotten to a place where you at least have a chance of implementing your ideas, there’s a lot more responsibility in that.
—Steve Jobs

The most amazing thing about trees is it doesn't actually matter how rich you are: You can never buy a really old, beautiful tree.
—Steve Jobs

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
—Steve Jobs

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been "No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
—Steve Jobs life

Success isn't overnight. It's when every day you get a little better than before. It adds up.
—Dwayne Johnson life success

When life puts you in a tough situation, don't 'Why me', just say 'Try me'.
—Dwayne Johnson life