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I planted my self in the middle of a great many Glasses full of Dew, tied fast about me, upon which the Sun so violently…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.
— Georges Bernanos
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If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I still hung on to an…
— Wendell Berry
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As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole…
— Annie Besant
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No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do…
— Annie Besant
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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is…
— Theodor Adorno
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To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
— Andrea Bocelli
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The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel…
— Sara Blakely
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Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting…
— Michael Bloomberg
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When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price…
— Edwin Booth
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October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and…
— Hal Borland
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
— Caprice Bourret
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This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.
— James Bovard
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The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a…
— James Bovard
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I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all…
— Tony Abbott
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I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events…
— Andre Breton
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If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.
— Andre Breton
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I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.
— Jeff Bridges
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We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl…
— Tom Brown, Jr.
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For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and -…
— Mitch Albom
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