Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of … - Aristotle

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As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

Aristotle

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

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Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.

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When you do the kind of work I do, everything is challenging, but probably the most challenging thing is getting up in the morning and getting on with it because it's so easy to stay in bed and not get on with it.

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