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This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Guerrilla war is a test of wills. Obama's actual objectives - rollback in Iraq, containment in Syria - are not unreasonable. But they require commitment… — Charles Krauthammer
We had training camp for a week, and we used the actual military drills of that period. We didn't have to work out much after… — Tom Berenger
All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description… — Christopher Darden
Such exaggerations have been so common that the public takes them with a grain of salt and partly excuses them as being due to the… — Daniel Starch
If we knew all the laws of Nature, we should need only fact, or the description of one actual phenomenon, to infer all the particular… — Henry David Thoreau
In time, Mr Hall, one gets to recognize that sneer, that hardness, for fornication extends far beyond the actual deed. Were it a deed only,… — E. M. Forster
Did the mass of men know the actual selfishness and injustice of their rulers, not a government would stand a year. - The world would… — Theodore Parker
It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach in piecemeal terms,… — Max Wertheimer
I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I… — Martin Sheen
Talkative represents the man or woman who delights in talking about divine things but has only theoretical knowledge of such things. No actual personal heart… — John Bunyan
The mob hysteria over pedophiles has reached epidemic proportions and driven parents to panic. Today's Just Williams, today's Huck Finns, today's Swallows and Amazons are… — Richard Dawkins
Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may… — Peter Drucker
The senses are a kind of reason. Taste, touch and smell, hearing and seeing, are not merely a means to sensation, enjoyable or otherwise, but… — Joseph Campbell
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like… — Lalla Ward
This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts. — Charlie Gonzalez
It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss. — Abraham Maslow
We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get… — Daniel H. Pink
MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. — Ambrose Bierce
The most notable fact that our culture imprints on women is a sense of our limits. The most important thing a woman can do for… — Adrienne Rich
One must have a large dose of humanity, a large dose of a sense of justice and truth in order to avoid dogmatic extremes, cold… — Che Guevara
I probably listen to Burn more than any of them, because it was so new me, so novel. To see my name on an actual… — David Coverdale
I think some people found the production took away from the actual songs, which I can understand. — Emma Anderson
Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in… — Robert Teeter
And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic… — Mark Strand

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