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Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
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Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.
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We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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Imagination has the right to feast in the shade of the tree that it turns into a forest.
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I have drawn from the well of language many a thought which I do not have and which I could not put into words.
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