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We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
They will not be pleased. But they know we must catch the monsoon with a well-found ship; and they know they are… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
I really like the city of Vienna. I like its art, its music and its architecture. In short, I like the culture… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
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[I]t is easy to regard the mind and the body as two slaves trained to obey the imperial soul… [I]n this trinity… — Edward Everett Hale Copy Share Image
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The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
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Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
A lot of the strings that hold us like puppets are really inventions of our own minds. I'm not saying that there… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
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All changes in space which we see, hear, smell or taste are literally tactile impressions. All our senses are variations of our… — Rudolf von Laban Copy Share Image
Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch… — Marlene Dietrich Copy Share Image
That the past is ahead, in front of us, is a conception of time that helps us retain our memories and to… — Epeli Hau'ofa Copy Share Image
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It upset me that, five days after the hurricane hit down in New Orleans, the President's plan was for a day of… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
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The hope of the world is that wisdom can arrest conflict between brothers. I believe that war is the deadly harvest of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
As a result of continuous work with these highly toxic substances, our minds were so numbed that we no longer had any… — Otto Hahn Copy Share Image
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