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• The blacks of this region are a cheerful, careless, dirty, race, not hard worked, and in many respects indulgently treated. It is of course the desire of the master that his slaves shall be laborious; on the other hand it is the determination of the slave to lead as easy a life as he can. The master has the power of punishment on his side; the slave, on his, has invincible inclination, and a thousand expedients learned by long practice... Good natured though imperfect and slovenly obedience on one side, is purchased by good treatment on the other.

  William C. Bryant

  Determination, Dirty, Hard Work

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• Human reason is beautiful and invincible. No bars, no barbed wire, no pulping of books, No sentence of banishment can prevail against it. It puts what should be above things as they are. It does not know Jew from Greek nor slave from master.

  Czeslaw Milosz

  Beautiful, Book, Greek

  Czeslaw Milosz, “Incantation”

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• I was not much afraid of punishment, I was only afraid of disgrace.But that I feared more than death, more than crime, more than anything in the world. I should have rejoiced if the earth had swallowed me up and stifled me in the abyss. But my invincible sense of shame prevailed over everything . It was my shame that made me impudent, and the more wickedly I behaved the bolder my fear of confession made me. I saw nothing but the horror of being found out, of being publicly proclaimed, to my face, as a thief, as a liar, and slanderer.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Liars, Should Have, Punishment

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1971). “The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau”

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• Remember when those CD-ROMs from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL CEO Steve Case was no less a genius than Mark Zuckerberg.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Zuckerberg, Cds, Genius

  "Facebook hype will fade" by Douglas Rushkoff, www.cnn.com. January 7, 2011.

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• We have to show what life is really like in ISIS territory, and we have to show them why ISIS is not invincible, by going out and conducting these attacks and publicizing them to those who they recruit.

  Marco Rubio

  Isis, Going Out, Territory

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Waiting, Enemy

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• A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

  Bruce Lee

  Moving, Artist, Quality

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.22, Tuttle Publishing

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• As to my writing short pieces, there are two reasons I can give you. The first is my invincible laziness. The second is that I've always been fond of short stories, and it always took me some trouble to get through a novel.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Writing, Two, Giving

  Source: www.bu.edu

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• I have been the artist with the longest career, and I am so proud and honored to be chosen from heaven to be invincible.

  Michael Jackson

  Artist, Careers, Heaven

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• ...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of beginnings abounding in first lessons of life, mountain building, eternal, invincible, unbreakable order; with sermons in stone, storms, trees, flowers, and animals brimful with humanity.

  John Muir

  Song, Life Lesson, Flower

  John Muir (2006). “Our National Parks”, p.78, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Violent, Satyagraha, Force

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.51, Rajpal & Sons

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• The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Stupid, Science

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.28, Broadway Books

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• Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Moments, Beats, Given

  Source: www.askmen.com

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• Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.

  Hanna Rosin

  Powerful, Men, Psychology

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• Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

  Simone Weil

  Peace, Giving, Doe

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• When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone.

  Rachel Vincent

  Children, Father, Smart

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “Alpha”, p.244, MIRA

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• What’s going on? (Astrid) Not much. Some invincible asshole is trying to kill me. (Zarek)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Trying, Kill Me

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• I would just imagine there's a criticism for just about everything, if you want to take something down. No one's invincible. The Jicks are a work in progress and we don't think everything we do is the bee's knees or something, we're just trying our best to get turned on by what we're doing.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Thinking, Criticism, Progress

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It's just these moments in hip-hop where you feel invincible. It felt good hearing the music on the radio and in cars, skating rinks, and clubs.

  Swizz Beatz

  Car, Hip Hop, Hearing

  Source: www.thefader.com

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• A torero lives with the knowledge that he can die at any moment and in any fight. But a torero is also a person with an invincible will. He doesn't want to be injured, but he is proud of having survived an injury.

  Juan Jose Padilla

  Fighting, Proud, Moments

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I write for one and only one purpose, to overcome the invincible ignorance of the traduced heart. I wish to speak to and for those who have had enough of the Social Lie, the Economics of Mass Murder, the Sexual Hoax, and the Domestication of Conspicuous Consumption.

  Kenneth Rexroth

  Lying, Writing, Heart

  Preface to the second edition of "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" by Kenneth Rexroth, 1953.

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• Even someday when we disappear... ...and new Sailor Senshis are born... Sailor Moon, you will always be Invincible. The most beautiful shining star.

  Naoko Takeuchi

  Beautiful, Stars, Moon

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• [The captain] looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love and was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Limits, Captains, Overwhelmed

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• America has many glories. The last one that she would wish to surrender is the glory of the men who have served her in war. While such devotion lives, the nation is secure. Whatever dangers may threaten from within or without, she can view them calmly. Turning to her veterans, she can say: 'These are our defenders. They are invincible. In them is our safety.'

  Calvin Coolidge

  War, Men, Views

  "America and the War". Speech by Calvin Coolidge, en.wikisource.org. 1920.

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• When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours.

  Ilona Andrews

  Running, Powerful, Cities

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