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How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is… — Charles Darwin
Everyone wants to be foremost in this future-and yet death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing. — George Orwell
It is almost as stupid to let your clothes betray that you know you are ugly as to have them proclaim that you think you… — Edith Wharton
Not even the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as meditation can. The mind goes on jumping even in deepest sleep. Just those… — Swami Vivekananda
The more I learnt about this cheeky - almost rebellious - company, the more it appealed to me, as it unapologetically pointed to an alternative… — Jonathan Ive
Almost every work of art is an analogy. When I make a representation of something, this too is an analogy to what exists; I make… — Gerhard Richter
The question I ask myself like almost every day is, 'Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'... Unless I feel like… — Mark Zuckerberg
I learned to knit in 2002, six months after my 5-year-old daughter, Grace, died suddenly from a virulent form of strep. I was unable to… — Ann Hood
I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost - but I really… — Kathleen Turner
My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10. — Cornelia Funke
In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster
Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other… — James Madison
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. — Benjamin Disraeli
An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at… — Francis Crick
All Jesus' pictures are falsifications; they cannot be about the real Jesus. This real man must have been totally different, because we know he enjoyed… — Rajneesh
Your desires are immense, almost infinite. Because of your desires life becomes a competition, and wherever there is competition, there is anxiety and angst; and… — Rajneesh
The characteristic of the first sort of religion is imitation. It insists on imitation: imitate Buddha, imitate Christ, imitate Mahavir, but imitate. Imitate somebody. Don`t… — Rajneesh
When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by the yard. — John W. Gardner

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