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There are two things for a marriage to be good. One is to work hard on it. The other one is to marry above you.… — Ben Affleck
The various estimates of the height of the true summit vary considerably, but by taking an average of these figures it is possible to say… — Unknown Author
It science involves an intelligent and persistent endeavor to revise current beliefs so as to weed out what is erroneous, to add to their accuracy,… — John Dewey
Auroville (City of Dawn) is an 'experimental' township in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India near Puducherry in South India. It was… — Mirra Alfassa
Only one flagFlies above all the rest:The flag of universal oneness. — Sri Chinmoy
The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country. He will ask rather… — Milton Friedman
To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. ... He recognizes no national… — Milton Friedman
The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training. — Ruth Benedict
The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist, and its power is employed above all to enforce this claim. It is… — Guy Debord
Ah, believer, it is only Heaven that is above all winds, storms, and tempests; God did not cast man out of Paradise that he might… — Thomas Brooks
Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and if the head be above water, the body cannot drown. — John Flavel
History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army. — Allan Nevins
The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice; the insistence that we find out the truth for… — Jack Kornfield
Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Above our heads exists an infinity of unfathomable fantasiastics: and fields of future fireside fables trail close behind — Brandon Boyd
It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does… — Robert Musil
A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much… — Robert Musil
The whole function of the life of prayer is, then, to enlighten and strengthen our conscience so that it not only knows and perceives the… — Thomas Merton
Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They… — Atul Gawande
Man is effective in the world not only through what he does, but above all through what he is. — Rudolf Steiner
Pele played in an era which had so many great players and in that atmosphere he stood out above the others. He was the complete… — Bobby Moore
The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional… — Franz Beckenbauer
If you want to be a virtuoso then you have to set your sights above me. You have to go beyond what I'm doing. And… — Steve Vai
My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them. — Richard Branson
To WOW, you must differentiate yourself, which means do something a little unconventional and innovative. You must do something that’s above and beyond what’s expected.… — Tony Hsieh

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