"I'm sure we can pull together, sir."

Lord Vetinari raised his eyebrows. "Oh, I do hope not. I really do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions." He smiled. "It's the only way to make progress."

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John Adams: This is a revolution, damn it. We're going to have to offend somebody!

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Vetinari: You see, I believe in freedom, Mr. Lipwig. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all others are based.

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My life closed twice before its close
And it remains to see
If immortality unveil
A third event to me

So huge, so hopeless to conceive
As those that twice befell
Parting is all we know of heaven
And all we need of hell
- Emily Dickinson

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Listen to the MUSN'TS,child.
Listen to the DON'TS.
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS,
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me -
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
- Shel Silverstein

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I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me.
- Emerson

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Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.
- G.K. Chesterton

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The Doctor: You lot. You spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs, or beef, or global warming, or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible. That maybe you survive.

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If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.
- C.S. Lewis

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