Wandering_Minstrel

"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
-- The Litany of Fear
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"Remember man that you are dust and unto dust you shall return."
-- Christian Proverb based on Genesis 3:19

Memento homo, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris
-- Christian Proverb ( Original Latin)
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Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so.
-- Unknown
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This we shall oppose at all cost
-- wm
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George Smiley's Letter to Karla
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By your actions, you have disowned the system that made you. You have placed love above duty. The ground on which you once stood is cut away. You have become a citizen of no man's land. I send you my greetings.
-- George Smiley
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The Mikado - A Wandering Minstrel I
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David Brooks at UChicago
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“Only the rocks live forever"
-- Gray Wolf (Centennial)
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"And even they don't"
-- wm
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"Dust In The Wind"
Kansas
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I close my eyes
Only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
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Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind
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Same old song
Just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do
Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
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Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
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Now don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
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Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
(All we are is dust in the wind)
Dust in the wind
(Everything is dust in the wind)
Everything is dust in the wind
(In the wind)
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(Don’t Fear) The Reaper
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