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That morning I experienced vividly, if almost subliminally, the reality of change itself: how it fools our sentinels and undermines our defenses, how careful we… — Robert Grudin
Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become… — William Wordsworth
Whoever has overthrown an existing law of custom has always first been accounted a bad man: but when, as did happen, the law could not… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It must be observed that our revenues are raised almost wholly on imported goods. — Thomas Jefferson
In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of… — Woodrow Wilson
After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price. — Salman Rushdie
People talk about the horrors of war, but what weapon has a man invented that even approaches in cruelty some of the commoner diseases? 'Natural'… — George Orwell
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day… — John F. Kennedy
The grim frost is at hand, when apples will fall thick, almost thunderous, on the hardened earth. — D. H. Lawrence
The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some… — Raymond Chandler
Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset. — Roger L'Estrange
It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I… — Lord Byron
Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting hat, but a… — Lewis H. Lapham
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is… — Bertrand Russell
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books,… — Horace Mann
In a thousand words I can have the Lord's Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, the Hippocratic Oath, a sonnet by Shakespeare, the Preamble to the Constitution,… — Roy H. Williams
Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives… — Bertrand Russell
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed class that pays… — Michael Parenti
For the last fifty years we've been supporting right-wing governments, and that is a puzzlement to me...I don't understand what there is in the American… — Michael Parenti
When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning… — Kate Bush

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