I started thinking about knighthood, and wondering why that period has an eternal fascination for us. Greek myth is laid in the Golden Age.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
Inge de Bruijn
Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're already the winner in a game that was rigged to your advantage from the start.
Jonathan Kozol
But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.
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