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Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.121, Ballantine Books

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

"All and Everything: Meetings with Remarkable Men". Book by George Gurdjieff, 1963.

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.

"Edward Snowden says his mission is accomplished". www.telegraph.co.uk. December 24, 2013.

Men, permitted to put words (and other things) in women's mouths, create scenes in which women desperately want to be bound, battered, tortured, humiliated, and killed.

Catharine A. MacKinnon (1987). “Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law”, p.148, Harvard University Press

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.

"Buzz Aldrin: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. August 25, 2012.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

Agnes Repplier (2015). “Americans and Others”, p.24, Sheba Blake Publishing

I know what I want to do and it makes sense to get going.

"Buffett to give away billions". www.cnn.com. June 26, 2006.