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Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Modern historians are all would-be philosophers; who, instead of relating facts as they occurred, give us their version, or rather perversions of… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
The grey is certainly inspired by the photo-paintings, and, of course, it's related to the fact that I think grey is an… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
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It is right here, all of it, here for the taking, right before our eyes - happiness, fulfillment, hope, peace, justice. And… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Propaganda tries first of all to create conditioned reflexes in the individual so that certain words, signs, or symbols, even certain persons… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
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It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That’s why these Web… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
In fact, it comes to this: nobody is capable of really thinking about anyone, even in the worst calamity. For really to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
This constitution we designate by the word genotype. The word is entirely independent of any hypothesis; it is fact, not hypothesis that… — Wilhelm Johannsen Copy Share Image
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The first spiritual law of success is the Law of Pure Potentiality. This law is based on the fact that we are,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
There are potentially hundreds of billion dollars, potentially more, that could be saved by moving to a clean energy system. Studies [on… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
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The entire world is focusing on the compromises that are necessary from Israel's side. But people [in the world] are not focusing… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
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The unblemished ideal exists only in happily-ever-after fairy tales. Ruth likes to say, "If two people agree on everything, one of them… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
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