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The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be...

Quote by Walter Bagehot about circumstances, habits, man

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Quote by Jack London about opinion, atoms

Take me to a sleepy little town where the sandman lives, and let me dream of a better tomorrow.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about dream, city