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I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back.

Leo Tolstoy
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...the more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.

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God is the same everywhere.

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