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I was born into the Church of England but in the most nominal way possible you can imagine, so it's Christmas and… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right.… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the Arctic. It… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
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Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies,… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
“Life is what we conceive it to be. For the farmer who considers his field to be everything, the field is an… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
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“Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: ‘To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And… — Thomas Babington Macaulay Copy Share Image
“Two primary points of abuse are the use of the meta fields in websites and extraneous links. Meta fields were originally designed… — Michael Lesk Copy Share Image
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In the popular arena, one can tell ... that the average man ... imagines that an industrious acquisition of particulars will render… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
“The Midlanders—a great many of them German speaking—carried their pluralistic culture into the Heartland, a place long since identified with neighborliness, family-centered… — Colin Woodard Copy Share Image
“A great many of the Army officers were very fine in the way that they took care of their men. But there… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“While lower-skill occupations will no doubt continue to be affected, a great many college-educated, white-collar workers are going to discover that their… — Martin Ford Copy Share Image
The great managers get the really good players to be able to do that, get your top-quality players to do that heavy… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
“...the people... they are church-broken, nation-broken -- they drink and pray and piss in the one place. Every man has a house-broken… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
It takes great self-confidence to write a newspaper column. Some might say it takes arrogance. Be that as it may, my willingness… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
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But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
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The likability of any player is always up for debate, and people will always use their own moral compass to judge Luis… — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
The salesman thanks the customer for patronizing his shop and asks him to come again. But the socialists say: Be grateful to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“I have wondered,” he said, so low I could scarcely hear him. “Wondered often, if I could call that edge to my… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I take it, then, Vijay, you are still a virgin?'Yes, and I find it extremely galling. When Gandhi was my age he… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
I went to graduate school as a lieutenant colonel after I had been in the army for 12 or 13 years. I… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Throughout history, people in all cultures and lands have gathered together at mealtimes. In forests and mountains, in humble abodes and great… — John Robbins Copy Share Image
He's [Harry S. Truman] just your dad, and you love him. It's only when you grow up, and step back from him,… — Margaret Truman Daniel Copy Share Image