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Movement turns dead dogs into maggots and daisies, and flour butter sugar an egg and a tablespoon of milk into Abernethy biscuits,… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
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Character is money; and according as the man earns or spends the money, money in turn becomes character. As money is the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The kinds of nets we know how to weave determine the kinds of nets we cast. These nets, in turn, determine the… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
Sitting opposite Steven Spielberg, while he turns the pages of your script and talks about each scene as he goes, is about… — Matt Charman Copy Share Image
I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Sweden rejected fluoridation in the 1970s, and in this excellent book these three scientists have confirmed the wisdom of that decision. Our… — Arvid Carlsson Copy Share Image
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There must be some deep psychological reason why we turn so instinctively toward home at this special time. . . . A… — Marjorie Holmes Copy Share Image
The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without expenditure of… — David Starr Jordan Copy Share Image
Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink. — F. H. Bradley Copy Share Image
Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth. It is thy desire in us that… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
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First, she wanted to taste the sweat that shone on his throat and fragile clavicle; then he chose to undo the tails… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
I think we're in the beginning of a bull market. When a bull market begins, nine months later the economy turns around. — Sumner Redstone Copy Share Image
God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
It's a little weird when people turn around and look at you, but I don't mind. I really don't think I've changed. — Thomas Vanek Copy Share Image
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Mexico has many more kidnappings than the United States. The U.S. has very few kidnappings.The reason is, in the United States, we… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
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This is your heart.Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key. — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity,… — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
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Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
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I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Regulators all meet with Goldman Sachs executives and employees day after day after day. They don't see the people who get tricked,… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
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