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Of all the lessons history teaches, this one is the plainest: the person who tries to achieve ends through force is always… — 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle Eustace Percy Copy Share Image
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Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
In the beginning it was always the same. But. I kept trying. Then one day I accidentally moved as the shutter clicked.… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
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But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's… — Craig Benson Copy Share Image
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I did not realize that when money becomes a core value, then education drives towards utility or that the life of the… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Day appears again. This time he leans in close enough for his hair to brush, light as silk, against my cheeks. He… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
My general impression about people like Steve Gould and Carl Sagan and so on is that when they disappear as individuals and… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
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you mean machines are like humans?" I shook my head. "No, not like humans. With machines the feeling is, well, more finite.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
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At its very core the story of Easter has nothing to do with angelic announcements or empty tombs. It has nothing to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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I kind of - you learn it, you master it, and then you make sure that it just disappears. You know, like… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
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What happens then is like what happens when we separate a jigsaw puzzle into its fuve hundred pieces: The over-all picture disappears.… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable… — John Owen Copy Share Image
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A fairly clear line separated advertisement from art. ... The first effect of the triumph of the capitalist (if we allow him… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
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John Kerry suspended his campaign for five days this week in honor of President Reagan. And right now, he's ahead in the… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I lose things. I write things and they disappear from my desk, my life. I move a lot. I wanted to gather… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Bubbles and crashes are textbook examples of collective decision making gone wrong. In a bubble, all of the conditions that make groups… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Hamas will not disappear. Hamas will not raise the white flag. Hamas has the trust of the people, and anyone who wishes… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so.… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Nobody likes to see that which they've invested in disappear from the face of the earth before they've even died. This is… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
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