What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
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The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.Daniel Webster
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The dignity of history consists in reciting events with truth and accuracy, and in presenting human agents and their actions in an interesting and instructive form. The first element in history, therefore, is truthfulness; and this truthfulness must be displayed in a concrete form.Daniel Webster
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I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.Daniel Webster
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It's not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can't imagine that they will ever be gone.Henry Rollins
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The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.Daniel Webster
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The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.Daniel Webster
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The doctrine of immortality rests upon human affection. We love; therefore, we wish to live.Robert Green Ingersoll
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Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it.S. Jay Olshansky
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I think there's a sort of agony with all intelligent and very creative designers that it's only fashion, that in the end it's only the decorative arts. I had a feeling towards the end that Saint Laurent and Berge were very keen to attain that immortality that a lot of designers long for. You know, those endless exhibitions.Suzy Menkes
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