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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
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The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Our thesis is that the idea of a self-adjusting market implied a stark utopia. Such an institution could not exist for any… — Karl Polanyi Copy Share Image
Do not complain about the length of the road! What will you do when the road finishes? Let it continue! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
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Natural causes, as we know, are at work, which tend to modify, if they do not at length destroy, all the arrangements… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
First, I write down all I know about the story, at length and in detail. Then I sink the iceberg and let… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
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A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on… — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
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If I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence; I become absent minded, as… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
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