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But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.
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If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.
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There are a lot of sharks in the world. If you hope to complete the swim you will have to deal with them.
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Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end.
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We shall enter into any war with a full consciousness of the awful consequences that it always entails, whether successful or not, and we, of course, shall make every effort consistent with national honor and the highest national interest to avoid a resort to arms.
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These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency.