"I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself."
-Georg Brandes
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"Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.“
-Georg Brandes
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"I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that will be extremely painful. I have put my total faith in God, and he will take care of me."
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"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
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