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I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! — Lewis Carroll
It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual. — Oswald Chambers
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted.… — Dick Cheney
Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting. — George Clooney
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head.… — Harlan Coben
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of… — Jean Cocteau
Let it be said that the makeup artist at '90210' made me look better for the fake red carpet than I've ever looked on an… — Diablo Cody
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're… — Tadao Ando
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a… — Thomas Aquinas
If you attempt an actual argument with a modern paper of opposite politics, you will have no answer except slanging or silence. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Men are apt to be much more influenced by words than by the actual facts of the surrounding reality — Ivan Pavlov
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most… — Barbara Holland
The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. — James Madison
We are not to make the Torah into God Himself, nor the Bible into a "paper pope." The Bible is only the result of the… — Jacques Ellul
Make the most of today. Translate your good intentions into actual deeds. — Grenville Kleiser
The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is… — Albert Einstein
The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things. — Oswald Chambers
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to… — William Cowper
I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however… — Albert Einstein
Coffee is real good when you drink it gives you time to think. It's a lot more than just a drink; it's something happening. Not… — Gertrude Stein

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