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I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers…
— George S. Patton
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No theory of the universe can be satisfactory which does not adequately account for the phenomena of life, especially in that richest form which finds…
— Unknown Author
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The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he will or…
— David Hume
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Psychology, on the other hand, seeks to give account of the interconnexion of processes which are evinced by our own consciousness, or which we infer…
— Wilhelm Wundt
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The facts of nature cannot in the long run be violated. Penetrating and seeping through everything like water, they will undermine any system that fails…
— Carl Jung
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How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called…
— Horace Walpole
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An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.
— Denis Healey
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I am a Catholic. As far as possible I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down…
— Hilaire Belloc
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Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on…
— David Hume
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"...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based…
— Russell Simmons
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Business is about problem-solving, but it does not always have to be about maximizing profit. When I went into business, my interest was to figure…
— Muhammad Yunus
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To love is to take delight in happiness of another, or, what amounts to the same thing, it is to account another's happiness as one's…
— Gottfried Leibniz
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If we discount the account of creation, we remove the significance of Christmas.
— Ken Ham
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Time I have only just a minute. Only sixty seconds in it. Forced upon me, can't refuse it. Didn't seek it, didn't choose it. But…
— Christine Warren
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Time is of no account with great thoughts. They are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago.
— Samuel Smiles
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I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic.
— Clive Bell
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Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though…
— Richard Reti
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A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor…
— Wilbur Smith
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If you have hope for the future you have true riches; no matter how much you have in your account
— Myles Munroe
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And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is the appropriate economic…
— Lucas Papademos
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I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry, of its…
— Adam Weishaupt
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By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts to protect Burma's…
— Unknown Author
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Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order…
— James H. Cone
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Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
— Gene Brown
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There is, in fact, no reason to believe that any given natural phenomenon, however marvelous it may seem today, will remain forever inexplicable. Soon or…
— H. L. Mencken
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