At the age of 20 I was earning more money than everyone in my family. And I'd never grown up. I was still a child, it was like a Peter Pan world. - Joey Barton

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Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding, and questioning of the social conditions under which man exists and tries to better himself. One of the first moves of a dictatorship is to stifle the artists and thinkers who have the ability to stir up dissent from any prescribed dogma which might enslave them. Because the artist can arouse the curiosity and conscience of his community, he becomes a threat to those who have taken power.

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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ― Aristotle

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A room without books is like a body without a soul. ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.- Margaret Fuller

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Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. ― Mike Tyson

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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde

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It always seems impossible until it's done. - Nelson Mandela

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When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable. -Walt Disney

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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