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• For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

  Aleister Crowley

  Perfect, Lust, Purpose

  Aleister Crowley (2016). “The Book of the Law”, p.5, Public Lex

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• The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Wisdom, Freedom, Men

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.186, Library of Alexandria

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• Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

  Tennessee Williams

  Life, Inspiring, Memories

  Tennessee Williams (1964). “The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore”, p.36, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• Vlad decided that teachers' ideas were a lot like bunches of garlic-intriguing from afar, but up close sadly sickening and, if you weren't careful, DEADLY.

  Heather Brewer

  Teacher, Ideas, Afar

  Heather Brewer (2008). “Eighth Grade Bites #1: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, p.33, Penguin

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• I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.

  Albert Camus

  Feelings, Needs, Way

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.65, Vintage

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• You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." "It sounds intriguing," admitted Eragon. "Always the scholar, aren't you?" asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. "Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

  Christopher Paolini

  Wall, Book, Laughing

  Christopher Paolini (2011). “Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus”, p.111, Random House

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• It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much ... to forget it

  James Madison

  Exercise, America, Waiting

  James Madison (1999). “Writings”

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• Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.

  Alexander Wang

  Fashion, Icons, Clothes

  "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time" by Lauren Hutton, Krystin Arneson, Megan Gustashaw, Glamour, 2011.

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• What if Park realized that all the things he thought were so mysterious and intriguing about her were actually just … bleak?

  Rainbow Rowell

  What If, Parks, Mysterious

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.183, St. Martin's Griffin

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• An intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest hours.

  Rachel Caine

  Romance, Vampire, World

  Rachel Caine (2010). “The Morganville Vampires:”, p.4, Penguin

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• You and me will read a book and find three interesting things that we remember. But Colin finds everything intriguing. He reads a book about presidents and he remembers more of it because everything he reads clicks in his head as fugging interesting.

  John Green

  Book, Interesting, President

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.89, Penguin

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• What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about my life moonlighting as a kidnapper.

  Melina Marchetta

  Listening, Stories, Questioning

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• Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea." "Not really," I said. "They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Ideas, Supernatural Beings, Perfect

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.789, Vintage Canada

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• Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human condition that something as precious as the future is entrusted to us when we possess so little foresight. Perhaps that's what makes hindsight so intriguing. When you're young the future is a blank canvas, but looking back you are always able to see the big picture.

  Simon Pegg

  Children, Decisions We Make, Details

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• I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

  Jesse Ventura

  Imagination

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• It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.

  Vikram Seth

  Writing, Thinking, Trivia

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• Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful.

  Chris Robinson

  Beautiful, Interesting, Together

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  War, Moving, Gun

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• Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor.

  Emilio Estevez

  Travel, Adventure, Night

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• Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.

  Roger Ebert

  Raises Questions, Fiction, Answers

  "Prometheus" by Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com. June 6, 2012.

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• For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Imagination, Effort, Literature

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection With illustrated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 4 Novels, 56 Short Stories and 120+ illustrations”, p.232, Ageless Reads

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• Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Book, Historical, Doubt

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Sherlock Holmes Archives (incl. The Truth About Sherlock Holmes)”, p.654, Jazzybee Verlag

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• There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Inspirational, Hype, Deception

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (1891).

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• Some things never change and the intriguing things you fall in love with will become the things you don't like.

  Courteney Cox

  Falling In Love, Fall, Never Change

  "Courteney Cox interview exclusive: On her marriage break-up and Jennifer Aniston's support". www.mirror.co.uk. November 13, 2010.

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• For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

  Cyril Connolly

  Freedom, Liberty, Action

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