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It is in the twenties that the actual momentum of life begins to slacken, and it is a simple soul indeed to whom as many… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so… — Arthur Golden
Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true," it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's… — William James
We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore… — Thomas Jefferson
For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an ‘ism becomes so involved in reaction against other ‘isms that… — John Dewey
Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem… — Sarah Palin
From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position,… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, 'Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile.' I spent last summer folding it. I… — Steven Wright
Since we must and do write each our own way, we may during actual writing get more lasting instruction not from another's work, whatever its… — Eudora Welty
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us,… — Simone Weil
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that… — Milton Friedman
Talk of mysteries! — Think of our life in nature, — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it, — rocks, trees,… — Henry David Thoreau
I can't even say 'hair pie,'' I told him, 'unless I'm talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits.... — Jonathan Safran Foer
So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. The Vogon stared down at him as sluggish thoughts moiled around in the murky depths. Yeah,'… — Douglas Adams
However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue… — Meg Cabot
I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible… — Heidi Julavits
You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up… — C.S. Lewis
Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of… — Oscar Wilde
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people all notice this… — Neal Stephenson
The cost of oblivius daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realigment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse. Her… — Ian Mcewan
I'll tell you one thing about me, and that is that I'm not to keen on being bossed around. If, say, my Mom tells me… — Deb Caletti
Leave it to a naive world-saver like you to view our love as a Sacred Cause when in actual fact all it was was some… — Tom Robbins
The actual life of a thought lasts only until it reaches the point of speech...As soon as our thinking has found words it ceases to… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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