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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

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The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

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Any society in which people interfere in the private lives of others is not a good society; any state in which the government 'knows about you more than you do' is a state that must be overthrown.

Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick

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Do you know what the true basis of political power is? Not weapons or troops, but the ability to make others do what one wishes them to do.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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The human heart is an instrument with many strings; the perfect knower of men knows how to make them all vibrate, like a good musician.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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It is never too late for repentance and repair.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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We tend to commit our worst weaknesses and frailties because of the people we despise the most.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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Every failure teaches the man something he needed to learn.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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A man never knows what he is capable of until he tries.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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There are great men who make everyone else feel small. But true greatness consists of making everyone feel great.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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There are strings in the human heart that would be better left untouched.